My father in law, an ex salesman, has been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and there's a slim chance that it is linked to a cleaning product that he used to sell/demonstrate for a large company that was subsequently bought out. The product is still manufactured under a different name by the new company.
His treating physician wants to examine if there's a link between the chemicals in the product and his condition. What I need is to get a list of the chemical constituents of the product (not the formula obviously). Is anyone aware of a database (COSH or suchlike) that forces new products of this type to be registered?
I do not want to contact the company who manufactures the product now, as even though this may well come to nothing and there may be no link, I dont want to prejudice any subsequent actions should it go that route.
2007-02-01 18:38:32 · 2 answers · asked by Ethereal 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
How about contacting the Environmental Protection Agency? My brother in law is a lawyer for them. Look under Goggle search for that agency or find any type of agency that deals with chemicals. Call that Yakovittes woman that Julia Roberts played. Work related health problems are so bad. You just watch your dad and make sure the company does not do anything to hurt him more. Check the state Workman's comp laws and you should definitely find a good lawyer now before the company can hurt him even more. I was disabled because of problems in the work place. You do not get big settlements when injured at work. It has been 20 years since my injuries at work and my health gets worse and worse. Those who caused my injuries get to go on working and I am left sitting in my wheelchair and living off Social Security because the laws do not protect the workers so the tax payers have to pay for those of us who are injured at work. Ain't it Hell?
2007-02-01 19:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by grannywinkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try first one for household products, NIOSH, for more general stuff or a point of contact
The health and safety executive to see if a disease is already linked
You could always ask a question by emial to see if these places can point you to more specific info without knowing what the product is its hard to narrow down the search hope it helps
2007-02-01 18:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by pete m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋