Despite all the warnings, all the sickness and all the problems asbestos has caused people in America and abroad, Canadian officials are still moving forward with plans to pick up production and exportation of asbestos to third-world countries, The Globe And Mail of Toronto reports. This is a prime example…
A Kentucky man and U.S. Navy veteran was awarded $32 million in damages after an eight-week trial in New York, WSAZ reports. While it’s a large sum of money, it will not stop the pleural mesothelioma with which the man has been diagnosed. Pleural mesothelioma in New England, and other…
National Mesothelioma Awareness Day is Sept. 26, according to The Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance, which is a good reminder to make sure people know the facts about mesothelioma in New England and beyond. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, yet claims the lives of many people who were once exposed…
A recent study out of Europe suggests New York firefighters will getting cancer after spending months responding to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at Ground Zero, Bloomberg reports. Firefighters, police officers and volunteers from throughout Massachusetts and New England descended on New York City in an effort to help…
For several months, Boston Mesothelioma Lawyers have documented the more than two dozen asbestos processing plants that manufactured and distributed products that routinely used asbestos-laced vermiculite. Vermiculite is a naturally occurring mineral that was used for insulation and other products for decades in the United States. But what companies and…
As the new school year is upon us, officials are planning out syllabi, scheduling events and trying to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. But what many school systems are considering, including the one in North Reading, is removal of asbestos from its facilities in order to protect…
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports that a developer has been ordered by state officials to pay $100,000 to make up for breaking asbestos removal laws when renovating and converting a plastics company site to retail and commercial space. At the turn of the 20th Century and the following decades,…
Philadelphia researchers have found a link between mesothelioma and genetics, a study published online recently suggest, Philly.com reports. The study’s researchers hope that as more time and effort is put into studying mesothelioma that drugs can be developed that can lead to a cure for this currently incurable rare form…
For several months now, Boston Mesothelioma Lawyers have been chronicling the more than two dozen sites where people may have been exposed to harmful asbestos fibers from processing plants. As the series moves farther from the possible asbestos exposure in New England to sites out west, this blog will look…
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has highlighted more than two dozen factories throughout the country that processed vermiculite that was tainted with asbestos. The plants ceased in 1990 or earlier after it was discovered that the vermiculite, a natural mineral, was contaminated with asbestos, which can lead to…