Pecoraro & Schiesel LLP

Toxic Exposure: The number of dangerous, toxic substances in the workplace environment has grown significantly over the past 50 years. Some toxic substances are shown to cause substantial injury to people, such as lead-based paint (linked to brain damage, especially in children), asbestos (linked to lung cancer and restrictive lung disease), dry cleaning and other solvents (linked to brain damage and major organ damage), pesticides such as dioxin and DDT (linked to birth injuries) and toxic landfill waste (linked to leukemia).