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According to a recent news release from Nasdaq News Service, Aduro Biotech has just announced the results of Phase 1b mesothelioma trials for its new immunotherapy drug, CRS-207.

1158314_nurse_1Phase 1b is part of the process of clinical trials to test new medications on human patients. In this phase, multiple increasing dose studies are performed on human patients to determine safety and tolerability. The patients are given multiple low doses of the drug during the study, and multiple tests are performed to determine how the human body processes the new drug. In the next group of patients, the dose of the experimental drug is increased, and then increased again in future groups, until a preset limit has been reached. Continue reading

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According to a recent public letter from the United States Office of Special Counsel to President Barack Obama, a whistleblower’s claims of asbestos safety violations at a Veteran’s Administration (VA) hospital have been substantiated.

whistle-1505616The reason the letter was addressed to the president is because, as president, he is technically in charge of all executive agencies. According to the release, federal investigators responded to a whistleblower’s claim that, as long-time maintenance employees, he and his co-workers, which included pipefitters, HVAC workers, and plumbers, had to work every day in areas VA knew to contain asbestos. Whistleblower also said he and others were required to perform their work without the use of certified or approved asbestos protection equipment or respirators or ventilators. It also seemed to whistleblower that they were taking this toxic asbestos-laden material and throwing it in an ordinary dumpster. Continue reading

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There is no question that asbestos is harmful to humans. It would be fair to assume that most adults in America are familiar with this fact. Many people know asbestos can cause cancer, but this pretty much sums up the general public’s knowledge about asbestos, including where it comes from.

mSdaKbYAccording to a recent news feature from Oregon Live, asbestos is a naturally occurring substance, and geologists estimate that anywhere between nine and 12 percent of the Earth’s crust contains asbestos. There are, however, various types of asbestos. The most common type of asbestos used in building construction in the United States is known as chrysotile. Continue reading

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A news feature from GazetteNet.com takes a closer look at recent environmental news headlines involving Holyoke and other parts of the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts.   One issue discussed in the article is a large-scale effort to clean up the Connecticut River Watershed. The Watershed stretches over 400 miles through Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and the planned cleanup is scheduled to take place along the entire watershed in all three states.

mjzWfFiThe cleanup is held each fall and usually attracts thousands of volunteers. Some of these volunteers will walk along the river and wade into the water, while others will use private boats to patrol the river and collect trash. Plastic bags are one of the most common types of trash found in rivers, and they have been known to kill animals and do all kinds of damage to the watershed environment.   Another problem with the river is a major illegal tire dump site located nearby. Tires are hard to dispose of and cost money to destroy, so people tend to dump them illegally. Rivers and other bodies of water happen to be sites where unscrupulous people tend to throw them, and, with steel belts, these tires tend to sink to the bottom, where they are not seen until the pile gets much bigger. Continue reading

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For much of the last century and even long before, many of the materials used to construct the average building were toxic – toxic to the workers who made the materials, and toxic to the contractors and laborers who installed the materials. While it seems crazy that deadly toxins were being used in virtually all aspects of construction, including residential homes, it is worse when you consider that producers in the industry were well aware of the harm they were causing and took whatever steps they could to keep the workers and general public from finding out.

1037536_money_in_hand - Copy (2)One of these dangers was lead paint. For many years, paint was made with lead particles, because the lead helped the paint to stick to the surface and kept the color looking brighter and sharper longer. However, lead paint tends to peel and chip when it gets old, and, when it does, children are likely to play with it and pull it off the wall. Lead paint is also sweet tasting, and this is why it was common, and in places where lead paint remains, is still common, for young children to eat these lead paint chips. Continue reading

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According to a recent news article from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), in the immediate aftermath of the horrific terror attack on the United States, many people were awestruck by images of burning jet fuel and smoke rising in the air. There was, in fact, 90,000 gallons of burning aviation fuel and a considerable amount of thick black smoke over Manhattan.

ms029l2However, it was the giant plumes of dust and debris rising in the air for days on end that were really a sight never to be forgotten, and it was these same clouds of dust reeking having on the lungs and internal organs of the thousands of workers at Ground Zero in New York City. Continue reading

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A diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma is devastating.

A person begins to experience chest pain, abdominal pain, or shortness of breath and goes to the doctor to see what is wrong. He or she is told they have malignant pleural mesothelioma, and even though patient only just learned of having this illness, he or she is also told most patients do not live long after being diagnosed. The vast majority of cases prove lethal in as few as three years, with many of those victims not surviving a full year after learning they are sick.

stethascopePatients are also told there are treatment options, but they involve high doses of chemotherapy, radiation, major surgery, or a combination of all of these treatments, and, even in the best cases, generally only extend a patient’s life for a relatively short period of time. Continue reading

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Many of the beautiful old structures in cities and towns across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts were built during a time when asbestos was heavily used in most or all aspects of construction.

asbestos-244234-mAccording to a recent news article from Wicked Local Wellesley, the Town of Wellesley is nearing the point when it can finally raze the building that once housed St. James Church and its rectory. The building has been vacant for years, after it the town purchased it from the Boston Archdioceses that once owned the church. The town bought the old building so it could tear it down and use the parcel of land on which it now sits alongside Route 9 as a new recreation complex for residents of the town. Continue reading

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BASF is one of the largest chemical companies in the world. Business was going well for the company, and it seemed like it had money to burn. As part of its desire to grow and expand, the firm purchased an ownership interest in a company known as the Engelhard Corporation, as discussed in a recent article from Bloomberg.

In addition to gaining ownership interest in the firm, BASF unknowingly inherited what has been called a ticking time bomb in terms of liability for mesothelioma lawsuits due to asbestos exposure. Engelhard Corporation manufactured the asbestos for many years, so the risk and liability transferred with the sale of the company.

gavel7The reason the chemical giant didn’t see this coming is because the product produced by Engelhard was traditionally known as an asbestos product outside the industry. It was industrial grade talc. While some talc was used in barbershops prior to the advent of non-talc baby powder, the majority of talc was used in heavy industry and production. It was also used in building construction materials, such as wall boards, and it was used as quick way to handle hot materials on a production line. It was common for workers at tire plant to use talc as quick temporary insulation, so they could grab the hot tires without burning their hands. Continue reading

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The state of Pennsylvania has had lots of ups and downs in terms of its economy over the past 200 years. The state shifted from an agriculture-based economy to one dominated by mining operations and steel production during the industrial revolution.

wheel-1175115-mWhile central Pennsylvania remained largely agricultural, the eastern part of the state became known for its abundant coal mines and railroad hubs designed to transport raw materials to the western part of the state, where steel was being produced. On one side of the state, the air was filled with dust and debris from the mining operations, and towns were being buried in pools of slag, while at the other end of the state, the skies were black with smoke. Continue reading

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