Asbestos and the law

I began my Friday by going to Judge Kaddo to see the new asbestos case. Before that, I did go by Judge Lippitt’s court room. Judge Lippitt had told me to come back to observe the motions in limine of the case. Judge Kaddo’s trial was just starting, but it looked like he had to call downtown if he could proceed. Judge Kaddo started reading the preliminary instructions to the Jurors. I looked at the jury because I was here the first day they brought the first batch in and wanted to see if I…

Destruction of Earth for Our Luxuries The world population is estimated to be 7,356, 829, 930 people and increases by 1 birth every 8 seconds (U.S.) With the world population increasing so fast there are bound to be negative effects on the environment, but we as humans could help minimize these negative effects by cutting back on our so called luxuries. Here are a few processes that are destroying earth are ozone depletion, biodiversity loss, chemical pollution, ocean acidification and…

Many progressive movements in the 21st century call for the legalization of marijuana, citing studies that claim a lack of significant harmful effects. Simultaneously, many conservative groups act adamantly to prevent such legalization, or even reclassification of the drug into a lower risk category. It is not even agreed upon that the government needs to limit what abuses we subject our own bodies to at all. Libertarians would argue that the government need not be involved with what people do…

The reason as to why most of the shall I say victims of these deadly diseases are under 60 is because they are the people that are out and about breathing the outdoor polluted air. But since then that number has decreased because of the efforts and laws that the Environmental Protection Agency also known as the EPA has passed to make the air in the City of Chicago cleaner and healthier for the citizens of Chicago to breathe. Air pollution is a big issue in chicago but it is an issue that many…

One of the top causes of pollution is industrial waste. Industries like to produce various types of pollutants that are extremely harmful to the health of people and the environment such as asbestos, lead, mercury, nitrates and sulfur. Many of these industrial facilities do not have a proper waste management system so they drain their waste into fresh clean water to carry away the waste from their facility and into other bodies of water causing…

and acute environmental disaster. When the aircraft struck the Twin Towers thousands of liters of jet fuel burned at temperatures above 1000 degree Celsius. This caused an atmospheric plume to form, consisting of toxic materials such as metals, asbestos and hydrochloric acid. The majority of atmospheric contamination was from the buildings. Ground Zero, where the deemed “act of war” occurred, a large amount of smoking material burned sporadically for months. To say the least, the area, first…

from dealers who break the law. Crime- Hillary Clinton wants to improve America’s criminal justice by improving the mandatory sentencing, focusing on federal enforcement resources on violent crime and prioritizing treatment and rehabilitation. Clinton wants to dismantle the school-to prison pipeline,…

Civil engineers design landfills to serve as a safe and sanitary site to store and manage waste. [1] The sites protect modern communities from the toxic gases and chemicals that occur when waste degrades. For each landfill location, civil engineers create a site plans that meet these criteria or will eventually bring sites into compliance. The Meaning and Purpose of Sanitary Landfills Legislators regulate solid waste with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D, while…

Low income communities have affordable housing to accommodate its residents, but they are under renovated and are not meeting the criteria of new health standards. I have a relative that was raised in a household that had asbestos and lead in the walls, which may have been a possible link to her mental disorder. Recent studies further researched the correlation of “learning disabilities and developmental disorders [and how it] may be attributable to environmental factors”(Landrigan…

In the hotel, Holmes had “air-tight chambers and a room of steel lined with asbestos, where the wildest shrieks of his victims would be deadened,” (Was Holmes’). It is also reported that Holmes conducted numerous experiments on his victims by dissecting them, torturing them, and eventually murdering them (Cipriani). Also within his…