An Australian actor who spent time on the big screen and small screen on the island nation died recently at the age of 67 after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, The Telegraph reports. Sadly, our Boston mesothelioma lawyers anticipate seeing more and more obituaries of people who die because decades ago…
The city of Mobile, Alabama, is dealing with an old city hall building built with asbestos, a cancer-causing mineral found throughout the United States. A website of Alabama news, The Press-Register, reports that it will cost $240,000 to remove asbestos and other contaminants that have been found inside. This can…
The World Health Organization reported recently that more than 92,000 people died in 83 countries over a 15-year span that ended in 2008. While that is a low number considering the number of people there are worldwide — nearly 7 billion — one must take into consideration how many deaths…
A former boiler room worker died of an “all too familiar” way — mesothelioma, a coroner in England said recently. Mesothelioma in Massachusetts and elsewhere is a fatal illness, and it’s not just a problem in New England. Other countries, England included, also has had many reports of mesothelioma that…
The Connecticut Post is reporting that a legislative panel is working on changes to the state’s disclosure form used in residential real estate transactions that would inform people whether asbestos is or has been inside the house. Boston mesothelioma lawyers believe this is a good step in helping to prevent…
After starting in New York City, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread like wildfire throughout many parts of the United States and the world. Occupy Wall Street protesters say they have taken to the streets and parks of America to highlight problems associated with the separation of classes —…
As our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers blogged about in September, our neighbors to the north in Canada have come under fire in the international community because it makes hundreds of millions of dollars from exporting asbestos to other countries. An article in September reported that investors came up with $25 million…
As our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers have reported recently on the Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog, parents and state officials have become more active in their efforts to eliminate asbestos from hindering our children. Schools in Medford, Haverhill and North Reading have been in the news in recent months either for improperly removing…
In recent months, officials have been looking into the fact that wood chips distributed from the Libby, Montana, area may have been tainted with the same asbestos that has caused illness and death across the country. As our Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog highlighted for several months during the summer, environment officials…
President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to look into why many critical medications are in short supply, The New York Times is reporting. The newspaper says that medicines used to treat life-threatening illnesses, including cancer and bacterial infections, are in…