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Maryland Heights Landfill Notifies Residents of Elevated Methane Gas Levels
Over the last 24 hours reports from St. Louis area news outlets have surfaced about a methane gas exposure issue due to a defunct landfill in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The Missouri Pass Landfill, located near the Ashton Park neighborhood and Ranken-Jordan Pediatric Hospital, has reported elevated levels of methane gas, potentially exposing area residents, families and businesses.
The Simmons law firm is currently investigating possible property damage claims related to the Missouri Pass Landfill exposing area residents’ homes to potentially dangerous levels of methane gas. According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Pass Landfill, which shut down nearly 15 years ago, is emitting increased levels of methane gas. Homes and businesses within 1500 feet, including those in the Ashton Park neighborhood in Maryland Heights, were notified by letter beginning the week of February 2, 2009. The immediate concern for residents is the possibility of an explosion.
br>Read more at the Simmons firm’s web site about the Maryland Heights landfill situation.
Maryland Heights methane gas landfill
Mesothelioma video website an educational and inspirational resource
Check out the Mesothelioma Video Library at www.mesovideolibrary.com. It has a wealth of information about mesothelioma and asbestos exposure. Some highlights from the site you may find useful:
Medical expert interviews with mesothelioma nurse practitioner Mary Hesdorffer.
Videos about pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, finding a mesothelioma doctor and more.
True stories from people affected by mesothelioma.
Dole-ful
Do you use Dole Food products?
Maybe you should read this and reconsider.
What Dole is accused of doing is reprehensible. But there’s a larger issue as well—companies that preach health and safety in the United States even while they’re spreading disease and misery worldwide.
Tobacco companies do it every day, with anti-smoking commercials in America and increased cigarette production and distribution throughout the world.
The activities of companies like Dole are equally ugly.
Maybe you should send a message to the company. You’ll see where to send it in the link.
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The Law in Your Life is a one-hour radio program hosted by SimmonsCooper attorneys. It airs every Saturday at 11:00 AM Central Standard Time. The focus is on legal events and developments in the news, and their effect on you and your families. Here is more information on the show.
The Law in Your Life is an interactive program. Listeners picking up the show on www.KTRS.com can pose questions, as can local listeners tuning in to 550 AM in the St. Louis area. You can also suggest topics via e-mail to lawinyourlife@ktrs.com.
On Business Litigation
Click here to read what Jeff Cooper, the manager partner of SimmonsCooper, had to say about business litigation in a recent press interview.
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ASBESTOS AROUND THE WORLD
It seems that British lawmakers have opted to save money rather than lives.
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PHARMACEUTICALS
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TOBACCO
The tobacco industry has a debt to pay public schools.
Here’s a real killer.
Big tobacco should pay Medicare costs, according to a lawsuit by a powerful senior citizens group.
File this under trivial or even under desperate…
Not long ago Jeff Cooper was quoted in an article that mistakenly identified our firm as CooperSimmons rather than SimmonsCooper. One company mouthpiece thought that was significant. It supposedly showed there’s been a power coup at our law firm.
Goodness gracious, they’re grasping!
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