Category: Mesothelioma News

Global lung cancer researchers and patient advocates today emphasized that new models of delivering care and communicating about cancer care play an important role in the fight against lung cancer. Their remarks come on the first day of the IASLC 17th …

The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that employers have a duty to prevent asbestos exposure from spreading to the families of their employees exposed to the contaminant. Johnny Blaine Kesner Jr. was diagnosed with perotineal mesothelioma in …

Asbestos was used for decades in many building products found in Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean. It is a naturally occurring mineral fiber that when added to building products, offers desirable attributes such as increased strength, corrosion res…

The organization that runs the center was cited for three serious violations according to the article. Asbestos-containing materials can still be found in thousands of commercial, institutional, and residential properties in the tri-state area.

Despite what is essentially a global ban on its use, along with a concerted effort to get rid of it, asbestos – once touted as a safe fire retardant – still plagues much of the world, and continues to cause cancer. As r eported by Chemical and Engineering News , Serafina Salucci remembers growing up in suburban Sydney, Australia, and, as a 7-year-old, playing with white wall sheeting materials that were left over from her father’s renovation of the family’s garage.

The Government is being pressured to do more to protect children and teaching staff from exposure to asbestos in schools. It follows the release of new figures that show councils in England have paid out at least 10m in compensation to current and form…

The California Supreme Court ruled that companies may be sued if someone gets sick from asbestos brought home from a job site by a worker. The California Supreme Court ruled that companies may be sued if someone gets sick from asbestos brought home fro…

The family of a retired painter and decorator who died after suffering from asbestos-related cancer have appealed for his former workmates to come forward with vital information as they seek answers regarding his illness. John Irwin, 74, who was born i…

DIXON – When firefighters are risking their lives in an inferno, they’re not thinking about what their health will be like years down the line. They’re not thinking about how they are twice as likely to be diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma because of asbestos exposure, or that they are at higher risk of cancers related to their respiratory, oral, digestive and urinary systems.

Al Johnson, vice-president of prevention field services for WorkSafe BC, says people need to be more aware of the dangers of asbestos, and has launched an awareness campaign in support of that message. WorkSafe BC recently conducted a survey of more th…

The study examined tumors diagnosed as malignant mesothelioma from 2002 through 2015 at two Chinese hospitals – one in Hangzhou, China, where there is no asbestos industry and one in Yuyao, China, located in the Chinese textile asbestos industrial area…

The study examined tumors diagnosed as malignant mesothelioma from 2002 through 2015 at two Chinese hospitals – one in Hangzhou, China, where there is no asbestos industry and one in Yuyao, China, located in the Chinese textile asbestos industrial area…

Howard Bonnett, who specialises in asbestos cases at Corries Solicitors, was speaking after the Department for Work and Pensions published a summary of payments made under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme during 2015/16. There were only 375 applications during the year, down from the previous year’s figure of 405, with 65 per cent succeeding.