New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Honeywell and several real estate companies, claiming there is toxic waste on an old pharmaceutical plant site, contaminating the groundwater. The plant, located in Morris Plains, was operational from the 1950s to the 1980s under Warner-Lambert, which Pfizer acquired…
The pizza box problem — and why it might kill everything from Teflon to drugs
By Mark Jones It looks innocuous in my hand, yet there are growing calls to ban it. It may use technology created for the Manhattan Project, but, in my hand, it doesn’t feel like a weapon. It feels natural, in spite of the very unnatural materials it may contain. I’m not at all cautious as…