Rice Farmers Receive Historic Compensation for GMO Contamination
Birmingham, AL:
Bayer Cropscience has agreed to pay rice farmers from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi a total of $750 million in an historic settlement after an experiment genetically modified type of rice escaped from one of its test fields and contaminated US crops
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Mississippi Man Awarded Record Asbestos Compensation
Jackson, MS: A jury recently awarded $322 million in
asbestos compensation to a Mississippi man who sued Chevron Phillips Chemical and Union Carbide Corp. after he allegedly inhaled asbestos fibers while he mixed drilling mud
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School Bus Accident Kills 10-Year-Old Girl
Jackson, MI: A school
bus accident Friday morning on a highway in rural Mississippi has left a 10-year old girl dead and 10 others injured. Jon Kalahar, from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety confirmed that the young girl died about 7:20 am Friday
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