The map shows exactly how many deaths from asbestos-related diseases occurred in the U.S. from 1999-2013, both at the state and county level. According to the EWG, approximately 15,000 people in the U.S. die annually due to diseases that are caused by …
The station was built in 1949, one of a number of new plants built across the country to provide the electricity needed to power the post-war recovery. Its construction, and maintenance in the years that followed, became controversial because a great d…
The recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Labor is a reminder to companies that they can be subject to multimillion dollar fines and even possible criminal prosecution for failing to follow existing regulations. Earlier this month, the U.S. D…
Chicago – A new statistical model may help predict which patients are most likely to receive life-extending benefits from surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma , according to an article in the September 2015 issue of The Annals of Thora…
Chicago – A new statistical model may help predict which patients are most likely to receive life-extending benefits from surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma , according to an article in the September 2015 issue of The Annals of Thora…
A newly released Pacific Hazardous Waste survey reports have identified the risk of asbestos materials to health in 13 Pacific Island countries, including Tonga. The PacWaste Regional Asbestos Baseline Survey Reports identified that in 25 different isl…
After the storm waters of Hurricane Katrina subsided, devastation remained: unsafe and waterlogged structures, with moldy, crumbling walls; unsalvageable fridges and soggy couches; indoor rivulets of mud. Local economies collapsed.
As a spokesperson for http://mesothelioma.us/ noted, the attorney is pleased to sponsor such a comprehensive website that has already helped people from all 50 states. For example, one of the articles that has received a lot of attention from visitors …
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A man from Abbots Langley died of asbestos-related cancer after being exposed to the material in the 50s, an inquest has heard. John Frost, 75, of Broomfield Rise, died at Brunswick Court Care Centre in Stratford Road, Watford, on August 1, after a bio…
Last year, 108 people in the county died of mesothelioma – which is caused by exposure to the substance – which is 17 more fatalities than the previous year. The natural fibrous material was used as an insulator for hundreds of years until 1992, when i…
Cambridge biotech Verastem is defending the safety record of its potential drug to treat a severe form of lung cancer after disclosing that two patients in a trial of that drug died. The disclosure by Verastem , which came in an abstract of a presentat…