10th Annual National Asbestos Awareness Week Shines Spotlight on Asbestos Hazards
In January of this year, the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 336 to establish the 10th Annual National Asbestos Awareness Week.
Woman Blames Cancer on ‘Micronite Filter’
The “micronite filter” Kent cigarettes touted as “health protection” in the 1950’s contained asbestos, a former smoker suffering from malignant mesothelioma claims in court.
Olivet Management faces $2.3M in OSHA fines for knowingly exposing workers to asbestos and lead at NY work site
Olivet Management LLC, a real estate development and management company that owns the former Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in the Wingdale section of Dover Plains, N.Y., faces a total of $2,359,000 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor…
Swindon man given court order to allow further asbestos claims
A man who worked at British Rail’s Swindon works from 1942 to 1966 has obtained a court order against the Department of Transport A SWINDON man has obtained a court order against the Department of Transport which will leave the door open for him to mak…
What Is a Toxic Tort Case?
The American Bar Association provides a definition for tort as a “wrongful act for which the injured party can recover damages in a civil action.”
Bill to restrict mesothelioma, latent disease cases approved in committee: Snapshot
Workers for the EE&G company seal bags containing asbestos taken out of a flooded apartment building.
Actress Kierston Wareing who is attending a charity ball this weekend
She will attend a ball being organised on Saturday at Drax Sports and Social Club by three local women, Fran Miller, of Carlton, Rachel Thackray, of Osgodby and Amanda Miller, of Thorne, who all have personal experience of the devastating impact of the…
Zimmetry Environmental Promotes National Asbestos Awareness Week
Earlier this year, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to establish the 10th Annual National Asbestos Awareness Week.
Teleconference about New Drug for Mesothelioma
On April 8 at 9 PM Eastern time, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation will hold a new installment of its Meet the Experts series, featuring Dr. Joanna C. Horobin, the Chief Medical Officer at Verastem, Inc., who will discuss the companys latest…
Inspirational message in sand
Ms Williams has endured a decade of chemotherapy and surgery following her 2003 diagnosis of mesothelioma – an internal cancer caused by inhaling asbestos particles.
Investigation Report on China Pemetrexed Market, 2009-2018
Pemetrexed, originally developed by Eli Lilly and Company, is a multi-targeted antimetabolite antitumor drug.
Editorial: It’s time to eliminate the cigarette butt
University of Massachusetts students Elizabeth M. Weisberger of Boston, 19, left, and Tami R. Glaser of Albany, NY, 21 picking up cigarette butts on the UMass-Amherst campus as volunteers for “No Butts About It Day” at the university in this 2007 photo…
Governor Signs Asbestos Lawsuit Bill Despite Veterans’ Opposition
There are thousands of asbestos-related deaths in the U.S. every year. Thursday, Governor Walker signed a bill that changes the process for bringing asbestos exposure lawsuits in Wisconsin.
Five Prime Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentations at the 2014…
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel protein therapeutics for cancer and inflammatory diseases, today announced that data related to FP-1039 , an FGF ligand trap in a global,…
Mesothelioma Sufferer May Get More From Ford
Ford Motor Co. may owe punitive damages to a mechanic whose contact with asbestos gave him mesothelioma, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday.