Archive for March 15th, 2010
Insurance Fraud Booms During Recession
“The sour economy is producing a bumper crop of cash-strapped consumers, business owners and shady agents who’re fueling a wave of insurance fraud that’s keeping regulators and law enforcement officials busy from coast to coast,” McClatchy reports…
Montana Gov. Seeks To Buy State’s Prescription Drugs From Canada; Settlement Reached For Ground Zero Workers
“Gov. Brian Schweitzer [D-Mont.] said Thursday that he is seeking federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs,” The Associated Press/The New York Times reports…
New NCCN Guidelines™ For Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Presented At Annual Conference
A new addition to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines™), the NCCN Guidelines for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM), was presented at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference. Lee M…
Cascade Water Alliance shows consumers how to conserve water and save money during National “Fix a Leak Week” (WA)
(Bellevue, Wash. – March 15, 2010) The U.S
EPA Makes Chemical Information More Accessible to Public For the first time, TSCA chemical inventory free of charge online (HQ)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2010 WASHINGTON – As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s strong commitment to increase information on chemicals, for the first time, EPA is providing web access, free of charge, to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory
University of Central Missouri to Pay $14,988 Civil Penalty to Settle Claims about Improper Hazardous Waste Management (MO)
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., March 15, 2010) – The University of Central Missouri (UCM) has agreed to pay a $14,988 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations related to improper management of hazardous wastes at its campus in Warrensburg, Mo
EPA: Lake and Porter counties now meet ozone standard (IN)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No.10-OPA028 (CHICAGO – March 15, 2010) U.S
Third Former Employee of Financial Products and Services Firm Pleads Guilty for Role in Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Involving Proceeds of Municipal Bonds
A third former employee of Rubin/Chambers, Dunhill Insurance Services Inc., also known as CDR Financial Products (CDR), pleaded guilty today for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced. CDR is a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based [...]
