Toxic tort liability cases are personal injury cases where the injury is caused by exposure to a toxic substance or chemical. Sources of toxic substances include pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and substances found in the home, air, water, soil, and other parts of our environment.

Once you know that, you can see how we are all so vulnerable to toxic exposure. It’s gotten to the point where almost all of us are or know someone else who has been exposed to things like asbestos, dangerous drugs, contamination of our water supply, or toxic effluents.

Whether you live in Carlsbad or Oceanside in San Diego, in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, El Toro or Dana Point in Orange County, near Fullerton, Fontana, Ontario or Rancho Cucamonga in the Inland Empire, or anywhere from Palm Springs to Palm Desert, Coachella or Thermal in the Coachella Valley, or Brawley or El Centro in the Imperial Valley, you may have been exposed to toxic chemicals.

In the news almost every day there are stories of mass torts involving dangerous chemicals in baby formula, pet food, ice cream bars, milk, candy, baby cereal, or cheese. Hazardous products have recently come out of China and Mexico, but the use of fertilizers in agriculture in the US and the mass rearing of other farm animals is an equally dangerous condition for the environment. It may sound funny, but gas emissions from cows are a real barrier to solving global warming, and emerging countries like China, with a growing desire for meat, are adding to that problem.

Some toxic torts are difficult to blame on a single defendant. Mercury in fish is an example. it’s plentiful it’s toxic AND it has too many causes for too many years now to blame one company or one country over another. However, with new rules, such as the new country of origin labeling law in states like California, it will be possible in the future to trace foodborne illnesses back to certain farms and distributors.

In agricultural areas of California, including Orange County, Central California, the Central Coast, San Diego County, and the Coachella Valley, toxic exposure is a real concern. Unfortunately, many of the workers who are most likely to be exposed to such chemicals have the least exposure to quality medical care or lawyers.

As the years go by, we will realize that many of the common elements that we encounter on a daily basis and that we take for granted expose us to serious danger. Add to that, single exposures from contaminated food or milk, long-term exposures when the air, water or soil is contaminated and it’s no wonder we battle so many illnesses and diseases in our lifetimes.

Toxic injury attorneys can rectify these problems when people come to us with their suspicions, histories of their symptoms and treatment, and we find the causes or patterns of symptomology.

If you believe you have been injured and received medical treatment for toxic exposure to a toxic substance or chemical, call our offices today.