A lawsuit has been filed against British Petroleum (BP) Products of North America Inc. and Pasadena Tank Corp. on behalf of eight contract workers who claim they were exposed to “extremely high levels of benzene.”
The lawsuit claims that the men were exposed to high levels of 
benzene in alleged incident at BP’s Texas City refinery on Aug. 19, 2009. According to the lawsuit a damaged pipe released benzene vapor the enveloped the area the men were working in.
According to the suit the plaintiffs quickly evacuated the area.
The plaintiffs were rushed to the hospital where they learned that they were exposed to benzene.
The lawsuit alleges that BP attempted to downplay the emission by minimizing the release and its effects in internal documents and documentation with authorities.
The incident added to BP’s “long and tortured history of failure in the area of process safety management,” the suit alleges, citing the March 2005 explosions, numerous violations of state and federal safety regulations and other offenses.
The extremely popular a birth control pill, Yaz, has been linked to blood clots, heart attacks and strokes. Recent controversy surrounding a misleading marketing campaign and FDA reprimand has increased awareness about the dangers associated with Yaz. Direct to consumer commercials promoting Yaz as a revolutionary new form of birth control downplayed the harmful side effects associated with the drug, while making unsubstantiated claims about efficacy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Bayer, the maker Yaz, a warning letter requiring that they correct the misleading advertising. Sadly, the correction came too late for many women who took Bayer at their word and were never made aware of the serious and potentially fatal side effects associated with Yaz.
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