Category: <span>asbestos exposure</span>

Category: asbestos exposure

Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Supporting Survivors of the 9/11 Attack and Ground Zero Exposure

 

As the nation remembers those lost 23 years ago on September 11, 2001, we also honor those diagnosed with serious health conditions as a result of the attacks. Exposure to toxins in the aftermath at Ground Zero in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. has affected thousands of people. Last week Fire Commissioner […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Occupation, Support/Support Groups/Organizations

Museum Highlights the History of Asbestos in America

 

The McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington, Illinois recently unveiled a new exhibit focusing on asbestos, corporate deception and the fight for workers’ rights. The exhibit opens on Saturday, September 7, 2024 and runs through 2027.  The display entitled “A Deadly Deception: The Asbestos Tragedy in McLean County” delves into the history of asbestos […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News, talc

Johnson & Johnson to Pay Additional $1.1B in Talc Settlement

 

Johnson & Johnson is adding $1.1 billion to its proposed talc settlement of $6.475 billion to resolve approximately 62,000 personal injury talc lawsuits. If given final approval, the $7.575 billion settlement would be paid over the course of more than 25 years.  The lawsuits that are part of this settlement claim asbestos-contaminated talc in J&J’s […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, lawsuit, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Asbestos Poses Risk in Schools Nationwide

 

Several schools in the U.S. are dealing with recent asbestos discoveries. Exposure concerns are causing disruptions just as students are back or heading back to school across the country, with delays, remediation efforts and safety fears.  In Maine, the discovery of asbestos at Bowdoinham Community School has delayed the school year. North Carolina is conducting […]

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asbestos exposure, Companies, Legal, Mesothelioma News

Asbestos Clinic Appealing $6M in Fines and Penalties

 

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease clinic, known as CARD, is asking an appeals court to reverse a 2023 ruling. A jury verdict found the Montana-based health clinic filed 337 false claims for patients who received Medicare and other benefits they weren’t qualified to receive. CARD was then on the hook for nearly $6M in […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc

Jury Awards $63M in Mesothelioma Case Against J&J

 

A jury in South Carolina has awarded Michael Perry $63.4 million. Perry, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in July 2023, filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming daily use of the company’s talc-based baby powder caused his cancer.  The jury also found co-defendant American International Industries negligent and liable. AII is a California-based cosmetics […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, lawsuit, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc

Avon Files for Bankruptcy Over Debt from Talc Lawsuits

 

Avon Products Inc. has filed for bankruptcy as it faces 200 lawsuits related to its talc-based products. Plaintiffs claim their cancer diagnoses are the result of asbestos contamination in the company’s products. According to an Avon press release, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection move is meant to “address its debt and legacy talc liabilities.”  The […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, johnson, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc

Johnson & Johnson Secures Votes for $6.475 B Talc Settlement

 

More than 75% of plaintiffs have voted to support Johnson & Johnson’s proposed plan to settle roughly 61,000 lawsuits for $6.475 billion, according to Bloomberg. This could clear the way for a possible third J&J bankruptcy attempt.  The company has tried unsuccessfully for years to use the “Texas Two-Step” strategy to transfer its legal liabilities to […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, secondary, Secondary Exposure, talc, Talcum powder

Jury Awards $24.4M in Talc Case Against Avon

 

A jury has awarded the family of a Chicago area mesothelioma survivor a $24.4 million verdict. The lawsuit named Avon Products, Inc. the defendant and alleged it processed and manufactured talc products contaminated with asbestos, causing Cipriano Ramirez’s exposure.  Ramirez worked as a janitor at Avon’s manufacturing facility in Morton Grove, Illinois in the 1980s. […]

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asbestos exposure, Companies, johnson, lawsuit, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc, Talcum powder

J&J Offers Its Former Talc Suppliers a $505M Settlement

 

Johnson & Johnson is proposing a settlement with mining companies Cyprus Mines Corporation and Imerys Talc America. If approved, J&J would initially pay $225 million and then an additional $280 million before the end of 2025.  Imerys Talc America, once a subsidiary of Cyprus Mines, was J&J’s sole talc supplier for its baby powder. Both […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, johnson, lawsuit, Mesothelioma News, talc, Talcum powder

World Health Organization Says Talc is “Probably Carcinogenic”

 

The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer finds talc “probably” causes cancer. The key reason for the finding is because the mineral used in products such as cosmetics, talcum powders, children’s toys and even food can be contaminated with asbestos. The cancer research agency reports there’s “strong mechanistic evidence” the mineral can […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News, Talcum powder

J&J Lawsuit Against Scientist Over Cancer Research Dismissed

 

U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner dismissed Johnson & Johnson’s libel claim against scientist Dr. Jacqueline Moline. J&J filed its lawsuit after Dr. Moline, the chair of occupational medicine at Northwell Health, published a paper in 2020 drawing a connection between talc-based products and cancer.  Dr. Moline’s paper discussed a connection between exposure to asbestos-contaminated talcum […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, Mesothelioma News, Product

Researchers Find More Efficient Way to Detect Asbestos

 

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say they have come up with a new more convenient and cheaper process to detect the presence of toxic asbestos. In the past, the only accurate way to find asbestos was through a laboratory procedure known as transmission electron microscopy, but researchers found scanning electron microscopy […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, Doctors/Specialists, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News

Second Class Action Lawsuit Against J&J Seeks Medical Coverage

 

Law firms that recently filed a class action lawsuit seeking to block Johnson & Johnson’s latest bankruptcy attempt have filed a new suit. This latest class action lawsuit seeks coverage of doctor visits and cancer screenings for women who used J&J’s talc-based products. This case, like the suit the firms filed last month, is before […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

J&J Reaches $700 Million Talc Settlement

 

Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to settle an investigation concerning the marketing practices of its talc-based products. The multimillion-dollar settlement resolves charges that J&J misled people to believe its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder and Johnson & Johnson’s Shower to Shower, were safe. The company is also facing more than 61,000 lawsuits […]

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