Peter Kent's Articles

  • Accommodating a Family Member with a Traumatic Brain Injury
    When a person is a victim of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it is not only them who suffers the consequences. Family members who are caring for the patient after they have been released from medical care are also susceptible to adverse affects. It is important that family members caring for the victim are supported as well so that they can uphold a positive support system to aid in a smooth recovery.
  • Airbags: Safety Device or Safety Hazard
    Airbags are designed to provide supplemental safety for passengers in any vehicle. However, sometimes these safety devices do not operate properly and can constitute a potentially dangerous safety hazard for those in the vehicle. Understanding the dangers
  • Ancient Causes of Fatal Mesothelioma- Asbestos
    Asbestos is a fire-proof and hardy mineral often used in construction. However, despite its conveniences, the asbestos dust and fibers when inhaled can lead to deadly lung cancers, such as mesothelioma. Workers who were exposed to asbestos often are not aware that they are in danger as mesothelioma has a long latency period and symptoms of it may not appear for up to forty years after exposure. Often tradespeople are at the highest risk.
  • Asbestos and its Serious Health Risks Associate with Mesothelioma
    Mesothelioma is an extremely serious form of lung cancer usually caused by exposure to asbestos. Though asbestos has been out of prominent use for quite some time, those who may have been exposed can benefit from more information about mesothelioma as a condition, in addition to what options they may have to receive compensation.
  • Australian Workers Report of Mesothelioma
    The number of victims suffering from mesothelioma cancer and asbestosis in Australia is continually rising and within the next several years experts anticipate that number to increase. Researchers even went as far as suggesting that at least 900 individuals in Australia alone will die a year from asbestosis.
  • Automobile Crashworthiness and Its Relation to Auto Accidents
    Millions of Americans are injured every year in automobile accidents, and many of these injuries are the result of poor driving. However, many injuries occur as a result of driver's vehicle's crashworthiness, or its ability to protect the vehicle's occupants during an accident. Crashworthiness is important to understand because it relates to who may be responsible for damages or pain and suffering resulting from a car accident.
  • Benlate Fungicide Causes Birth Defects
    Benlate is a fungicide that was developed by DuPont. It had been used on crops around the world, however, research began to surface linking the main ingredient, benomyl, to birth defects among women exposed to the fungicide. It was removed from shelves in 2001, but not before hundreds and possibly even thousands were put at risk.
  • Bicycle Crashes are Easily Preventable
    Bicyclists are one of the most at risk populations on the road. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a bicyclist is in a fatal accident approximately every six hours. Most of these accidents can be prevented by the bicyclist as well as drivers simply by using common sense and being more cautious on the road. In some accidents, legal compensation could be available.
  • Carcinogenic Vinyl Chloride a Health Risk
    Vinyl chloride has been deemed a carcinogenic substance by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Additionally, the substance has been found to be so toxic that there is no level of safe exposure.
  • Child Restrains and Booster Seats and Safety
    Children who are too big for their car seats are often rushed straight to a regular seat belt before they are big enough. Seat belts are designed for full grown adults and children need a transition booster seat. Many children who are not ready for a seat belt are not using a booster seat, at a great danger to their lives in the case of an accident. Having an effective extra restraint is essential to possibly saving a child's life.
  • Construction Workers are at Risk for Fatal Accidents
    Construction workers who work on construction sites have the highest risk of being in a fatal accident than any other workers. In fact, one out of every five workplace deaths are construction workers. Although not all accidents are fatal, the amount of non-fatal accidents is staggeringly high, as well. Because most construction companies are small, they have no proper job safety regulations in place.
  • Contact Lens Solution Recalled
    One of the largest contact lens solution recalls to occur happened when a moisture plus lens solution became infected with a severe and potentially eye-blinding disease known as Acanthamoeba Keratitis. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recalled the solutions after interviews with victims. Only a year later, an unrelated recall occurred again with the same company, Advanced Medical Optics (AMO).
  • Crashworthiness: Credentials and Legal Issues
    Although there are many outside factors in a car accident, one factor that is often downplayed is the crashworthiness of the car. This refers to the car manufacturer and if the car was made to withstand an accident or not. A car that cannot endure impact from an accident can be the cause of injury to the passengers in the car.
  • Defective Seat Belts and Automobile Accident Deaths
    While it is estimated that nearly 15,000 lives are saved each year because of seat belts during automobile accidents, it is also estimated that nearly 10,000 deaths are the result of defective seat belts in car wrecks. The national campaign to get individuals to use their seat belts becomes more difficult when defective seat belts become the cause of an automobile driver's death.
  • Defibrillators May Cause Damage to Patients
    The guidant defibrillators are medical devices used to restore a heart to normal heartbeats. However, some of the defibrillators have been failing patients, leading to sever complications that may lead to death.

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