Tag: Asbestos

At one point in time, Canada thought that asbestos was their ticket to prosperity. They even called it the “magic mineral”, and began mining it extensively throughout the country, particularly in Quebec. Unfortunately, in the 1960s when asbestos miners began to show physical signs of asbestos disease, the excitement died down. Canada, like many other [...]

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation will hold its 2009 International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC from June 25 to 27, 2009. The symposium is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about mesothelioma, including patients, caregivers, volunteers, advocates, and medical and scientific experts.
Each of the [...]

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the city of Central Point for not providing appropriate protection from asbestos exposure to workers. Asbestos exposure is the primary cause of mesothelioma, as well as asbestosis. The city employees were working on a demolition project that was completed in February. While only [...]

A new outpatient treatment for mesothelioma vicitims showed signs of success in a woman who was exposed to asbestos in her childhood. She was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2008 and did not respond to the conventional chemotherapy treatment. This prompted her to visit NeoPlas Innovation in Nashville, Tennessee.
After two months of treatment under [...]

The rectum is the end of the colon adjacent to the anus. Together, they form a long, muscular tube called the large intestine (also known as the large bowel). Tumors of the colon and rectum are growths arising from the inner wall of the large intestine. Benign tumors of the large intestine are called polyps. [...]

General Procedure
The lawsuit is the means provided by our legal system for a person who believes that he or she has been injured by the misconduct of another person (or corporation) can seek compensation for those injuries from the person or corporation that committed the misconduct. The person seeking compensation is called the plaintiff and [...]

Residents are still reeling after a jury on May 12 acquitted W.R. Grace and three executives of knowingly exposing residents to asbestos and then covering it up. After more than 200 deaths and 1200 or more instances of lung cancer and other diseases in the town related to asbestos exposure, folks there just can’t [...]

News organizations across the country frequently report on the criminal dumping, disposing and burning of asbestos by negligent firefighters, developers, property owners, and others.  Asbestos is the overwhelming and primary cause of diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma.  And yet it seems that nearly every week someone (usually an innocent bystander, public servant, or local [...]

The Pennsylvania Observer-Reporter recently reported that a home approved for a fire department practice burn contained asbestos; samples of the home collected for a required Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) test were allegedly tampered with to hide the presence of asbestos.
Two volunteer firemen, both veterans of the MacDonald, PA fire department and assistant chiefs, were implicated [...]