Author: Mesothelioma News

I’M IN THE MIDST of a terrible fever as I write this. My stomach feels like every religion’s version of a negative afterlife.

The use of asbestos continues to increase in Asia despite clear health hazards. A recent Respirology review notes that with approximately 4.3 billion people and a growing population, Asia will likely see a large crop of asbestos-related lung diseases i…

The family of an art teacher who died of asbestos-related lung cancer caused by years of pinning pupils’ work to classroom walls are planning legal action. Jennifer Barnett spent 17 years at Archway School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, where she regularl…

As the weather cools, home renovators are reminded that the biggest risk of asbestos exposure comes from fixing up older homes. “A large proportion of the houses built before the mid 1980s would have contained asbestos,” Professor Bill Musk, from the U…

The American Board of Industrial Hygiene reminds workers and industry of the need to protect the public from hazards associated with asbestos exposure. ABIH supports the efforts of National Asbestos Awareness Week and encourages the utilization of Cert…

The company discovers, develops and commercializes next generation diagnostic tests for personalized medicine. It provides testing services such as rosetta cancer origin test, resetta lung cancer test, rosetta kidney cancer test and rosetta mesotheliom…

The use of asbestos continues to increase in Asia despite clear health hazards. A recent Respirology review notes that with approximately 4.3 billion people and a growing population, Asia will likely see a large crop of asbestos-related lung diseases i…

With new state laws and federal courts cracking down on many types of abusive lawsuits, the plaintiffs’ bar – a perennial source of campaign cash for Democrats – is on the hunt for new ways to trawl for dollars in the courthouse. The trial lawyers’ scr…

The campaign to ban Russian asbestos began years ago when the group T-Ban was formed to head the Thailand Ban Asbestos Network and protest the product to the Russian embassy in Bangkok. FTA Watch, the Thailand Ban Asbestos Network and a group of health…

Survivors of a woman who worked for 27 years at a Missouri courthouse before dying of mesothelioma settled her case against U.S. Engineering several years ago for a record $10.4 million. But a related class-action is still ongoing.

Survivors of a woman who worked for 27 years at a Missouri courthouse before dying of mesothelioma settled her case against U.S. Engineering several years ago for a record $10.4 million. But a related class-action is still ongoing.

Survivors of a woman who worked for 27 years at a Missouri courthouse before dying of mesothelioma settled her case against U.S. Engineering several years ago for a record $10.4 million. But a related class-action is still ongoing.

Edina Van Staveren has a promising prognosis thanks to a novel treatment for complex abdominal cancer available in Ontario only at Mount Sinai Hospital. Known as hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or HIPEC, it is used in combination with aggres…

Kasie Coleman was a pharmaceutical sales representative before being diagnosed with Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. After fighting the disease for two years, she decided to change her life.

Maureen and James Ryan in happier times and the steel works at Port Talbot under construction in the 1950's Large numbers of steelworkers are coming forward to make asbestos-related health claims connected with their work at a number of steelw…