A Los Angeles, Calif. jury has awarded $13 million to a 73-year-old woman who contracted a deadly disease from using asbestos-containing talcum powder manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive Co.
A significant jump in imported asbestos products in Canada raises health concerns and renews interest in a national asbestos ban.
Fred Smith visited Abu Dhabi in late 2013 and was helping his daughter move house when he started having trouble breathing. An exploratory procedure found a mass which was found to be mesothelioma, a cancer that is most commonly caused by exposure to a…
They’ve called it a failure and a broken law. That’s how the public health community, agency officials, some lawmakers and others have characterized the nearly 40 year old Toxic Substances Control Act .
EPA Home A Science Inventory A Comparative Long-Term Toxicity of Libby Amphibole and Amosite Asbestos after Single or Multiple Intratracheal Exposures Cyphert, J., D. Padilla-Carlin, A. Nyska, M. Schladweiler, A. Ledbetter, J. Shannahan, U. Kodavanti, …
WASHINGTON – Wednesday’s $12.4 million verdict against Colgate-Palmolive Co. by a jury that found that a California woman contracted mesothelioma from asbestos-laced talcum powder is a stark reminder of the threats that asbestos still poses to millions of people, said EWG Action Fund. The Los Angeles jury found in favor of Judith Winkel, ordering the company […]
A Los Angeles jury awarded $13 million to a 73-year-old woman who contracted a deadly disease from using asbestos-containing talcum powder manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive Co. Jurors deliberated for two hours Tuesday before finding that New York-based…
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $13 million to a 73-year-old woman who contracted a deadly disease from using asbestos-containing talcum powder manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive Co. The verdict Tuesday in Superior Court found that New York-based Colgate…
Blood-based biomarkers such as circulating tumor cells , circulating free DNA , circulating tumor DNA and microRNAs are potential indicators for the tumor burden of patients living with cancer. Identification and analysis of these markers from blood is…
From left, Janice Bernier, Coun. Charlene Miller, Charlene Greyeyes and Coun. Lee Atkinson pose with the flag recognizing the National Day of Mourning that was raised outside Prince Albert City Hall on Tuesday morning.
The sun rises over the Gerald R. Ford and USS Enterprise at Newport News Shipbuilding. About 1,000 employees at the yard are being relocated because of asbestos.
Several chemotherapeutics exert immunomodulatory effects. One of these is the nucleoside analogue gemcitabine, which is widely used in patients with lung cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, mesothelioma and several other types of cancer, but with li…
Patients with Malignant Mesothelioma develop unidentified auto-antibodies to MM tumour antigens. This study was conducted to identify the targets of MM patient auto-antibodies in order to try to understand more of the anti-tumour response and to determ…
OSHA inspection of First Capital Insulation, Inc. worksite in Harrisburg results in seven willful violations and a $490,000 fine.
THE widow of a former district councillor who died of asbestos-related cancer has secured a six figure settlement from Durham County Council. Ann Westgarth, 68, of Blackhill, Consett , instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell pursue the case after her late h…