DePuy Hip Replacement Recall Affecting Patients around the World
Wheeling, WV: Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit's
hip replacement recall has affected patients across the globe, including a West Virginia woman who claims she developed unsafe levels of chromium and cobalt as a result of the device
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Families of West Virginia Truck Accident Victims Awarded $2.69 Million
Wayne, WV: The families of four people who were killed in a fatal 2008
truck accident in West Virginia were recently awarded $2.69 million by a jury, reports
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Fracturing Contamination Found in Landmark Study
Durham, NC: Critics of the mining process for natural gas known as "fracking" (fracturing) received a boost with the publication of a landmark study that suggests a definitive link between the process of fracking and contamination found in area groundwater. Even with the study, the debate over
hydraulic fracturing water contamination is expected to continue unabated for quite some time
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