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Whirlpool starts tests at northern Ohio site, says no evidence links company to cancer cluster
FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — Whirlpool Corp. is beginning soil and water testing at a former park in a northern Ohio area where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade. The Michigan-based appliance manufacturer has a washing machine...Tags: Environmental Politics, Industrial Production, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years
JOHN SEEWER,Associated PressTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a...Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Trials, Leukemia, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Families face long wait in lawsuit that seeks answers to cause of Ohio child cancer cluster
Associated PressTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Not much is known about a chemical compound that families believe is behind a cancer cluster in northern Ohio. A federal civil lawsuit filed last week in Toledo points to a possible cause of the cancers that have sickened... -
Child cancer victims' families sue Whirlpool, hope they've found cause of Ohio cancer cluster
Associated PressTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster are hoping they have pinpointed a cause for the illnesses. More than two dozen family members say in a federal lawsuit filed in Toledo that...Tags: Trials
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Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Families whose children have been among dozens sickened in an Ohio cancer cluster for more than a decade are hopeful that they've come up with a cause. Environmental testing paid for by the families found a suspected cancer-...Tags: Water Supply, Environmental Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Lawsuit filed against Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp.
CLYDE, Ohio (AP) - Lawyers in Ohio filed a $750 million class action lawsuit Thursday against Whirlpool Corp. that's related to a child cancer cluster between Toledo and Cleveland. The lawsuit attempts to link Whirlpool and others to the...
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Lawsuit filed in Ohio's child cancer cluster case
CLYDE, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers in Ohio have filed a $750 million class action lawsuit against Whirlpool Corp. that's related to a child cancer cluster between Toledo and Cleveland. The lawsuit filed Thursday attempts to link Whirlpool and others to...Tags: Trials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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From our files for March 10, 2013
100 Years Ago — 1913 An excavation was discovered a few days ago at the grave of Levia Raum, the late wife of Bunk Raum, in the cemetery on Duncan Hill. The relatives of the deceased were much upset over the apparent work of ghouls —...
Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Marriage, Walnuts, Family
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Benton Harbor program fights back against brawls
WSBT-TV ReporterA Benton Harbor after-school program has issued an ultimatum – stop fighting or be locked out. For the past several months fights have turned up on the internet – Benton Harbor High School kids fighting as their school day ends. Benton...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, John Howard
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Obituary: Robert N. Robinson
Robert N. Robinson 1918-2013 Robert N. Robinson, 94, passed away peacefully Jan. 8, 2013, surrounded by his family at home. Robert was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Somerset, Ohio, the fourth son of Clayton C. and Glenna May Bidlack Robinson. He graduated...
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Obituary: Leroy Todd
Leroy Todd 1944-2012 CRAB ORCHARD — Leroy Todd, 68, of Broughtontown, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 26, at his home. Born May 26, 1944, in Broughtontown, he was a son of the late Leonard and Vernia Reynolds Todd. He was the widower of Trudy...
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Whirlpool's spin on today's Watchdog column about customer's washer problem
Watchdog with Paul MuschickToday's Watchdog column details a Slatington couple's problems getting their Whirlpool washer to work. Whirlpool didn't respond by my deadline yesterday, but sent me a response later in the day. The column explained how Kimberly and Dave Kuznet's washer...
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