After increasingly testy filings in U.S. District Court in Portland, lawyers for a set of Oregon National Guard soldiers and for defense contractor return to court this week for two days of hearings.

It's not clear who's going to pay legal costs for defense contractor ., which is being sued by National Guard soldiers who accuse the company of knowingly exposing them to a carcinogen. While the ...

PORTLAND, Ore., June 18 (UPI) -- Defense contractor KBR is being sued by Oregon National Guard members who say they were exposed to a carcinogenic chemical in Iraq, attorneys said. The most ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 4, 2009) -- Three former National Guard members told a Senate committee Monday they were exposed to a deadly chemical with long-term health effects while serving in ...

There are many instances where hot-dip galvanized coatings will have to be painted. Although well-established quality assurance processes are available for painting hot-dip galvanized parts in a ...

WASHINGTON — Sixteen members of the Indiana National Guard have filed suit against Houston-based military contractor KBR, seeking unspecified damages for alleged exposure to a toxic chemical at an ...

To be effective in prolonging the life of wood in contact with the ground, water-soluble materials must undergo a change after injection which will render them insoluble while retaining their ...

Lanxess has agreed to sell its chrome chemical business to the Chinese leather-chemical producer Brother Enterprises for an undisclosed sum. The business generates annual sales of about $110 million.