At a dinner party the other night, I was asked about what I did for work. I replied, “I’m inasbestos awareness and advocacy.” Blank stare. “We’re trying to get the word out about the dangers of asbestos. Most people don’t realize how dangerous it is, and that it’s not a banned substance in the United States. We’re trying [...]
Illinois may be changing the way it handles regarding the way asbestos and mesothelioma lawsuits are ruled upon by judges, as a series of verdict reversals signal more strict criteria may be on the horizon. Noting what could be the beginning of a trend in Illinois, a recent Forbes article reported that a state appeals [...]
July 18, 2011 Recently, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that a case that involved DuPont with allegations of asbestos causing the disease of one woman was shot down. The court ruled that DuPont was not to be held responsible and held no “special relationship” to that of a former worker’s wife, and that [...]
A Tennessee Supreme Court Ruling has found that a trial judgment was incorrect when it awarded no money to man who passed away form mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure that was caused by a former employer. Hugh Todd Nye passed away in 2006 from mesothelioma that doctors – and the Tennessee jury of the asbestos [...]
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Did you know that even if you smoked, your lung cancer may be due to something outside of your control? If you ever worked with or around asbestos, then your lung cancer may have been caused or exacerbated by the exposure – even if you smoke or once smoked. And if your asbestos exposure can [...]
A New Jersey company has been indicted along with a New York farm owner for their roles in illegally dumping nearly 30,000 tons of debris that contain dangerous asbestos products in wetlands during 2006. The owners of Mazza & Sons, a Tinton Falls, NJ-based construction company, were named in indictment along with two others that [...]
(May 21, 2011) History experts have reported that asbestos has been used to make many products for over 4,500 years and Greece is the location where the first known asbestos mine was established on the island of Ewoia. Its name means ‘inextinguishable’ and was labeled as such by the ancient Greeks, who also learned [...]
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(May 21, 2011) Unfortunately, over ten-thousand workers from a wide variety of industries all across the United States have been victims of asbestos exposure and now are at a high risk of developing asbestosis, asbestos cancer, or mesothelioma. It has been estimated that in the United States alone 100,000 people have died from asbestos [...]
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(May 18, 2011) Mesothelioma was labeled a rare type of cancer known to develop in the protective lining covering the body’s many internal organs identified as the mesothelium. The most common area to be infected is the pleura (internal chest wall and the outer lining of the lungs). Mesothelioma has also been known to [...]
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(May 18, 2011) Asbestos is known as a combination of separable, fibrous minerals with long and thin fibers that are not detectable by taste or odor and can cause cancer of the lungs. Asbestos does not evaporate or dissolve in water and is fire, heat and chemical resistant. Asbestos exposure can be caused from [...]
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