District Judge Gladys Kessler wrote in the court's opinion that the companies had engaged in "massive wrongdoing" that caused, "a staggering number of deaths per year, an immeasurable amount of human suffering and economic loss, and a profound burden on our national health care system." The lawsuit alleged that the tobacco companies had engaged in racketeering and conspiracy to hide the truth about health conditions caused by smoking and had purposely designed cigarettes that were highly addictive
We calculate the cost on how severe the damage is and how long the cleaning process will take
Nevertheless, the Times reported, on October 13, 1967, that hard-bitten United States marines were using twisted metal coat hangers, which the United States Forces Saigon Observer referred to in another article as Matacias Wire Rudders, to locate underground tunnels, mines, and booby traps all over Vietnam
Sometimes the younger we are, we dont really think about the long-term effects we think were kind of invincible and that nothing can happen to us," said Kendra Worden, Nurse Practitioner with the Oncology Service Line at Cowell Family Cancer Center