The Boston Globe recently examined a park that has evolved into a haven for biking – despite once serving as a munitions storage facility for the U.S. Navy in WWII. During the 1930s and 1940s, the site was heavily contaminated asbestos. It has not been an easy transition from weapons depot to bike haven. The most affected portion of this…
Improper disposal of asbestos waste can endanger the health of anyone who comes in contact with it. According to a recent news article from Detroit Free Press, authorities located several bags of construction debris that contained deadly asbestos fibers. This construction project involved some major demolition work before any new…
Improper asbestos abatement is where we are increasingly seeing more dangerous exposure to asbestos in Boston and beyond. According to a recent news article from The Buffalo News, Sean P. Doctor pleaded to guilty to criminal charges in connection with his asbestos abatement business. Doctor was a star player at…
Establishing liability for asbestos-related lung cancer can be challenging for a number of reasons – not the least of which being that lung cancer has numerous known causes. Mesothelioma, on the other hand, is only known to be caused by exposure to asbestos. Proving lung cancer was caused by negligent asbestos exposure…
Although one can’t control the weather, property owners should brace themselves for the fact that major storms could result in destruction that could heighten the risk of asbestos exposure. This was illustrated in the Denver area recently, when the city was hit with a major hailstorm. There were dramatic images captured…
Mesothelioma is a devastating disease that affects and kills thousands of people each year in the United States. However, while the pain and suffering caused by malignant pleural mesothelioma and other types of mesothelioma rival those of any other type of cancer, the number of victims for mesothelioma are much…
When a person is diagnosed with any type of cancer, especially very aggressive malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), one of the most important questions a victim and his or her family will often have for an oncologist is, “How advanced is the cancer?” There are questions about how long the victim…
According to a recent news report in the Union Leader, part of building that was heavily damaged in a fire last summer has collapsed, resulting in an asbestos exposure scare. This building was the site of a June 2016 fire that killed four people. When the fire broke out, it…
A new study found the highest asbestos-related cancer rate in New England, specifically in Maine. Asbestos has been used all over the world in many different applications for hundreds of years. However, it was during the Industrial Revolution that began in the mid 1800’s when the heaviest use of asbestos…
Asbestos is a naturally-occurring mineral that has been used by humans for around 2,000 years. However, it was between the 1850s and the 1980s that asbestos was used in virtually every aspect of residential, commercial and industrial construction, as well as in countless production operations. This primarily began during the…