After years of research, it is believed that shorter asbestos fibers – like chrysotile asbestos fibers – may contribute to toxicity levels. Though initially this does not sound earth shattering, it deserves a closer look since federal regulations governing air quality in the workplace required monitoring only for long, thin fibers.
Chemist Philip Cook was the force behind the...
In response to a 2015 request from the mayor of Canajoharie, New York, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated an asbestos removal project at an abandoned New York paper sack factory. The EPA’s regional administrator announced in a press release that the agency is providing staff and federal funds to prevent any spread of asbestos during demolition of the old Arkell and...
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel partner fights for client sickened by take-home asbestos exposure, wins precedent-setting ruling in which the Calif. Supreme Court recognizes employer’s / company’s duty to prevent take-home asbestos exposure.
LOS ANGELES – In a unanimous decision by the justices of the California Supreme Court, employers and premises owners may be...
If you or your family members have malignant pleural mesothelioma, the first priority is often extending the pain-free time with your loved ones. So, when offered a surgery that relieves symptoms but doesn’t cure, will the improved quality of life outweigh the risk of losing time to recovery?
One Illinois Study Says Yes
A survey of 114 patients who underwent a...
For Vietnam veterans who served aboard ship in the Navy, asbestos exposure was virtually unavoidable. Particularly for those who worked in the confines of the engine room on insulated equipment, exposure to asbestos gaskets, packing, blankets, and insulation was a daily occurrence. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, sailors did not realize that the asbestos surrounding them aboard ship could lead to...
About 120 miles southwest of Newark, New Jersey, local school officials at Vineland High School are in the midst of an asbestos removal project. They thought they had completed it years ago. Asbestos was widely used in school construction back in the 1960s when the Vineland school was built. It is the only certain cause of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer with which 2,000 to 3,000 Americans are...
Mesothelioma health care providers attending the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago listened with interest to a presentation of researchers’ findings that the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) with pleurectomy and decortication (PD) results in an improved quality of life for most patients. “Veterans and others struggling with pleural...
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