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The Trump administration has made it clear that that everything except Donald Trump is a hoax. Global Warming, a hoax started by the Chinese is a fine example. The EPA has been a favorite target of the Trump regime. Rip down the unfair regulations, let the free market rule. Under Trump the EPA has been […]
Getting survival rates, prognosis information and life expectancy statistics for mesothelioma are relatively simply by doing a quick search online. The problem is, after visiting a couple of the top sources, you will quickly realize all the information is outdated. This article is going to talk about the latest survival stories of patients with mesothelioma […]
It is 1am and I hear the television bark, “MESOTHELIOMA!” First thought that came to my mind is, why on earth would a law firm pay for a mesothelioma commercial at 1am, 1:45am… 2am… 2:30am…? Don’t they know that the average age for mesothelioma diagnoses is 59? I thought lawyers are supposed to be smart? […]
It’s not unusual for the rich to have weird parties, but in New York those parties are stranger than most.  On Tuesday, artist Julian Schnabel was honored at a party at an abandoned sugar refinery: the Domino Sugar Factory. The factory has lain abandoned under the Brooklyn half of the Williamsburg Bridge for ten years, […]
A housing association in the UK has been facing anger from a number of its tenants who are living in homes that are contaminated with asbestos. Residents are particularly angry at the goodwill gesture made by the housing association, which was to offer residents in each of the homes a voucher for one hundred GBP […]
The widow of an asbestos worker who passed away from the asbestos cancer called mesothelioma has filed a lawsuit against an oil company that she claims is responsible for his death. Betty Lou, the wife of Billy Cunningham, asked her lawyer to file the lawsuit on her behalf against Chevron USA. The complaint claims that […]
It has been reported that resident from the town of Libby who are found to be suffering from the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma or any other form of asbestos related disease will be able to receive federally funded medical care. Many residents in the area were exposed to asbestos dust and fibers as a […]
A woman from the Queensland area of Australia has developed the asbestos cancer called mesothelioma as a result of secondary exposure to the potentially deadly substance. The woman, who did not want to be named, is thought to have been exposed through washing her husband’s asbestos contaminated work clothes. She has now filed civil claims […]
According to a recent report hospital in the UK have been treating a rising number of malignant mesothelioma cases over the past decade, with the numbers suggesting that mesothelioma cases have almost doubled in the past ten years. Over the past year hospitals across the UK treated nearly seven and a half thousand cases of […]
A special training session relating to asbestos has been held recently in Milton Keynes, England, with the aim being to educate public liability insurance trainees about the dangers and risks associated with asbestos exposure. The training session was held at the local college in Milton Keynes and was attended by health and safety officials who […]
For many years diseases such as the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma have been linked to high level and long term exposure to the potentially deadly carcinogenic asbestos. However, one family is warning that low level asbestos exposure can also pose a danger. Enid Costello developed mesothelioma after being exposed to low levels of asbestos […]
A Scottish council has been fined the equivalent of thousands of dollars as a result of asbestos related violations according to recent report. The fine was imposed upon Edinburgh City Council, and the local authority was fined the equivalent of twenty three thousand dollars as a result of the violations. According to reports work was […]
An appellate court in California has upheld a verdict where a woman and her husband were awarded twenty million dollars after the woman contracted the asbestos cancer known as malignant mesothelioma. Joan Mahoney was exposed to asbestos over a number of years as a result of remodelling houses. According to reports Joan was a singer […]
Over the past couple of months the Health and Safety Executive in the UK has been on a mission to try and raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos, dubbed the hidden killer, and to try and educate those most at risk from exposure such as tradesmen. The HSE has this week been issuing warnings […]
The clean up of a site in Indiana is almost complete according to recent reports. The Indiana site contained a range of hazardous materials, including asbestos, which can cause a variety of serious health problems to those exposed to it such as scarring of the lungs, respiratory problems, and even the asbestos cancer called mesothelioma. […]
A large number of veterans that have served the country have been exposed to the deadly carcinogenic asbestos according to a recent report from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The department claims that hundred of thousands of veterans have been exposed to the substance while serving their country. Many of these veterans were […]
A lawsuit has recently been filed by a man against thirty eight defendant companies. The lawsuit was filed by Cleveland J Savoy, who claims that the thirty eight defendants were responsible for his exposure to asbestos and his subsequent development of the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma. Savoy had already filed a previous suit against […]
Officials have announced that the clean up of asbestos at a village in Australia has now been completed. The confirmation came from Max Munro, the chairman of the Merriman’s Local Aboriginal Land Council, who was referring to a formerly contaminated site at a Wallaga Lake koori village. The project has been ongoing for about a […]
Statistics have recently been released by the government in the UK, and the data has shown that the north of Britain has the highest levels of asbestos cancer, also known as mesothelioma. This is a form of cancer that is linked to exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. The north of England is an area […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a contracting company from the Buffalo area of New York, having cited the company on ten counts of serious workplace violations. The company was found to have been involved in dangerous practices with regards to the assessment of asbestos. The company has been fined fifty thousand dollars […]
A report from a law firm in the United States has detailed how a former architect has died from asbestos cancer, also known as mesothelioma. The man had worked as an architect almost four decades ago, but died just two months after he was diagnosed. According to the law firm the man was required to […]
The family of a UK man who died from the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma has been awarded one hundred thousand GBP. The man, Dudley Maasz, was a former railway worker who is said to have been exposed to deadly asbestos, which eventually robbed him of his life. Maasz was seventy four years old when […]
An announcement has recently been made to confirm who will be chairing an up and coming important asbestos conference that will be held next year in California. The conference will take place in March of next year at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina Del Rey. The announcement about who would be chairing this annual conference was […]
The mother of the youngest victim of mesothelioma in the UK has said that she will fight to learn the truth about how and why her daughter contracted the asbestos cancer that killed her, and has promised that she will do it alone of necessary because her lawyers have given up on the case. Leigh […]
The owner of a New York building is to be cited as a result of improper removal of asbestos in the building, with a tip off resulting in authorities not only investigating the allegations but also catching the building owner and his workers in the act of improperly disposing of the asbestos. There are very […]
An Appeals Court is said to have upheld a multi million dollar verdict against Georgia Pacific in the case of a woman who was exposed to asbestos and went on to develop asbestos cancer from her home remodelling business. The original trial saw the jury award Joan Mahoney over six million dollars back in 2008 […]
A man from California has been charged with providing asbestos removal workers with certification without actually providing them with the proper training. The man has been accused of trying to defraud employers as a result of his practices. The man, Rogelio Lowe from E&D Environmental Safety Training Inc, is said to have been providing workers […]
According to a recent report the Wisconsin State Department of Commerce has had to retract a report that related to serious violations of health and safety, including asbestos violations, at the University of Wisconsin. It will now be looking at and rewriting the report before any further steps are taken. An official from the Department […]
According to researchers working at a Boston women’s hospital an immunosuppressant drug called Sirolimus can help with mesothelioma treatment. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is linked to long term or high level exposure to asbestos, which is a known and potentially deadly carcinogenic that was once widely used in a range of applications. […]
A recent report has shown that the number of mesothelioma victims is continuing to rise in the West Midlands area of England. Home to the Black Country, which was know for its rich industrial history, as well as many other industrial areas, this is a region where malignant mesothelioma is said to be rife. Reports […]
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