Health and Wellness
Quest fined for dirty lab disposals
Quest Diagnostics Inc., a national medical testing company with offices throughout Ventura and Los Angeles counties, has settled a nearly $5 million lawsuit for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste, medical waste and patient information. The multi-jurisdictional civil lawsuit involved the offices of California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the district attorneys of Alameda, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange, Sacramento, San […]
Nurses reach deal with Los Robles
Union nurses at Los Robles Regional Medical Center approved a three-year contract deal Jan. 17, ending seven months of intense negotiations sparked by allegations of unsafe staffing levels at the Thousand Oaks hospital. “ We are pleased they have voted to ratify the agreement,” Los Robles spokesperson Megan Merino said in a written statement. Merino declined to provide details on […]
Doubts persist over SSFL water safety
During a Nov. 29 public tour of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory above Simi Valley, participants observed ducks swimming in a nearby stream, prompting some attendees to reconsider their opinion about the safety of water at the former rocket engine test site. “All I could think of was that implies that’s safe water for all those little ducks, because if […]