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Lead-Tainted Applesauce Sailed Through Gaps in Food-Safety System

Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and again, the contamination went unnoticed.

Cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches sold in grocery and dollar stores last year poisoned hundreds of American children with extremely high doses of lead, leaving anxious parents to watch for signs of brain damage, developmental delays and seizures.

Recently, hundreds of women have come forward to claim that after a frequent use of hair straightening products, they have started to develop harmful effects.

"The body of literature is, has recently come to light, uh, exploring the health associations between endometrial uterine ovarian cancer," said Tope Leyimu a member attorney with Motley Rice. "And it's tied to, uh, people who frequently use hair relaxer products. And so the time is right now to, uh, pursue these cases."

In the wake of thousands of complaints being levied against manufacturers of allegedly harmful hair relaxer chemicals over a period of years, the Motley Rice law firm is leading the charge in pursuing litigation against those companies.