Benjamin Hancock Sentenced On Felony Assault Conviction

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Benjamin Hancock Sentenced On Felony Assault Conviction

(DILLINGHAM, ALASKA) On Thursday March 15, 2018, Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 38-year-old Benjamin Hancock to a $25,000 fine, probation, and restitution following his guilty plea to felony Assault in the Third Degree.  The assault charge stemmed from Hancock’s actions in a June 2014 incident on the Mulchatna River in which he struck a […]

Study: Lead and Other Toxic Metals Found in E-Cigarette ‘Vapors’

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Study: Lead and Other Toxic Metals Found in E-Cigarette ‘Vapors’

Significant amounts of toxic metals, including lead, leak from some e-cigarette heating coils and are present in the aerosols inhaled by users, according to a study from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the study, published online in Environmental Health Perspectives on February 21, the scientists examined e-cigarette devices owned by a sample of […]