Month: August 2014

Abraham Watkins

Gas Pipeline Explosion Kills Man in Rusk County

Last Tuesday, a natural gas pipeline owned by Canadian energy giant Enbridge exploded in Rusk County, Texas. Conner Wilson, 32, of Longview, an employee of Thunderhorse Oilfield Services, was killed in the explosion, leaving behind a wife and four children. The rupture that led to the explosion was reported caused when a mulching machine, apparently…

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Abraham Watkins

When are drug recalls used for dangerous products?

In the United States, government agencies are required to oversee rigorous and robust tests for pharmaceutical drugs before those products go to market. The Food and Drug Administration is tasked with ensuring that medications are not considered dangerous products because they harm more than they help. However, some Texas residents and others throughout the nation…

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