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Contact the lawyers at McCallion & Associates regarding pesticide exposure or other environmental health threats.
Pesticide Lawyers in New York
Serving Clients Nationwide
McCallion & Associates
24 West 40th Street, 17th Floor
New York City, New York 10018
646-366-0880
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Toxic Mold Sickens Graduate Student in New York
Within a month of beginning work towards her Ph.D. in sociology, Columbia University graduate student Amy
Frederick found herself suffering from blurred vision, severe nausea and vasodilation. Despite arriving in New
York in excellent health, her exposure to toxic mold in university housing left her battling lifetime immune
system abnormalities, cognitive impairment and hypothyroidism. personal injury attorney Kenneth
McCallion is fighting force Columbia University to recompense Ms. Frederick to tune of at least $10,000,00 in
compensatory damages, additional punitive damages, and medical costs she will incur for the remainder of her life due to her experience in Columbia's New York housing facility.
Read more:
http:// www.moldreporter.org/vol1no3/newsV1N3
http://www.cmmonline.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=22889
New York pesticide lawyers fight for India plant leak victims
Nearly 20 years ago, a Union Carbide pesticide plant tank in India leaked five tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas into the air. At the time, tens of thousands were injured and more than 3,000 were killed; victims groups now estimate the death toll to be 6,000. While the Indian government received compensation at the time of the accident, McCallion & Associates is working with victims to recover additional damages, alleging that Union Carbide's pesticide plant violated international law and fundamental human rights.
Read more:
http://www.bhopal.org/newsstories/reuters.html
McCallion & Associates Joins Green Activists to Create International Environmental Court
No individual state or nation can single-handedly bear the responsibility for protecting our environmental health or
recompensing victims in the event of an environmental tragedy. There is currently no treaty that holds all nations
responsible for their health threats, but this problem could be solved by the creation of an international environmental court.
McCallion & Associates is working with green activists to see the advent of this court.
Read More:
http://www.ips.org/icc/tv260603.htm
McCallion & Associates Fights for Gulf War Veterans
Veterans of the first Gulf War have filed a class action lawsuit against Westpac, Australia's fourth largest bank,
claiming it was among 30 banks that financed Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons programs. Exposure to these chemicals
sickened many veterans, causing fatigue, joint pain, headaches and memory loss. The environmental health lawyers at
McCallion & Associates are working to obtain damages for veterans who have suffered as a result of Westpac's ill conduct.
Read More:
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/Iraq/2004/03/03/367919-ap.html
For more information on other lawsuits McCallion & Associates has taken on, contact the
personal injury law firm in New York today.
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The lawyers at McCallion & Associates have been featured in the news for their work with victims of pesticide exposure and toxic mold, as well as their assault against perpetrators of environmental health threats in New York.
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