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Veterans Getting Closer to Justice at Camp Lejeune

 

Veterans and their families who were exposed to the contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may soon find the justice they have been seeking for many years. The U.S. Senate is expected to soon pass legislation that delivers more comprehensive health care and benefits to veterans affected by all […]

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Increasing Numbers of Women Dying from Malignant Mesothelioma

 

The number of women dying annually from malignant mesothelioma climbed by 25% over the past two decades, despite a nationwide drop in the use of asbestos, the primary cause of the cancer. The rise in deaths among women contrasts with the numbers among men, which have fallen slightly in recent years, according to the U.S. […]

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EPA Proposes Stricter Asbestos Reporting

 

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new rule that would require much stricter reporting and record keeping for all uses of asbestos throughout the past four years. The rule would require companies that manufacture or process asbestos-containing products to report all types of use, quantities of use and exposure-related information, much of […]

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New Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Opens at MD Anderson

 

The acclaimed MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is opening a phase II clinical trial involving a new immunotherapy drug aimed specifically at advanced, rare cancers, including both pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma. This single-institution clinical trial will be measuring the safety and effectiveness of vudalimab, also known as XmAb20717, which was designed by the California-based […]

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Johnson & Johnson To Continue Global Sale of Talc-Based Baby Powder

 

Johnson & Johnson will continue selling its iconic talc-based baby powder outside the United States and Canada after shareholders rejected a proposal that would have ended its worldwide production and distribution. The proposal failed to receive the majority vote needed at J&J’s annual meeting of stockholders last month, which was held virtually due to the […]

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Heated Intrathoracic Chemotherapy Could Extend Mesothelioma Survival

 

Patients with pleural mesothelioma undergoing aggressive surgery should consider combining it with controversial hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy to extend survival, according to a recent study. Although the procedure, also known as HITHOC, has yet to be proven effective in a randomized clinical trial – and still is being debated by mesothelioma specialists – the report has […]

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United Kingdom Proposes 40-Year Asbestos Removal Deadline

 

The United Kingdom’s Work and Pensions Committee has proposed a 40-year timeline to complete the regulated removal of all long-standing legacy asbestos from public and commercial buildings, potentially setting a new standard for other nations to follow. Its proposal was recently delivered to the House of Commons with a recommendation that the government and Health […]

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Peritoneal Mesothelioma HIPEC Program Comes to Alabama

 

Patients in Alabama diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma cancer no longer need to leave the state in pursuit of optimal care and long-term survival. The best possible mesothelioma treatment is now closer to home. The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently launched a complex treatment program for several abdominal malignancies […]

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Johnson & Johnson Bankruptcy Plan Won’t Halt Industrial Talc Lawsuit

 

Johnson & Johnson may have used a controversial bankruptcy spinoff to avoid almost 40,000 cosmetic talc lawsuits, but it now must face plaintiffs harmed by industrial talcum powder decades ago. U.S. federal Judge Michael Kaplan ruled earlier this month that the recent bankruptcy plan halting the majority of cases would not apply to this latest […]

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Study Finds Benefits to Second Peritoneal Mesothelioma Surgery

 

Patients with peritoneal mesothelioma cancer can survive considerably longer if they are willing and able to undergo a second aggressive surgery following tumor recurrence. History has proven that an incentive for a repeat surgery is there. A recent 30-year retrospective review at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has shown how beneficial the combination of cytoreductive […]

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EPA Proposes Ban on Chrysotile Asbestos

 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a potentially historic ban April 5 that would prohibit all current uses of chrysotile asbestos. Chrysotile is the only known type of asbestos still being imported into the country today. The rule would prohibit the ongoing importation of raw asbestos along with the manufacturing, processing, distribution and commercial use […]

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Senate Passes Asbestos Awareness Resolution, Inches Closer to Ban

 

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed its annual National Asbestos Awareness Week resolution, inching closer to long-awaited, much-anticipated legislation to ban the toxic substance. The bipartisan resolution urged the Office of the Surgeon General to warn and better educate citizens about the public health issues of asbestos exposure, the primary cause of mesothelioma cancer. Advocates welcomed […]

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Past Asbestos Testing on Inmates Could Affect J&J Talc Lawsuits

 

Johnson & Johnson funded a study more than 50 years ago at a Philadelphia prison that injected asbestos fibers into a small number of inmates to measure the short-term reaction to the toxic mineral when mixed with talc. Details of Johnson & Johnson’s involvement in that study were unsealed for the first time at a […]

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$36.5 Million Verdict Could Change Asbestos Litigation in Libby, Montana

 

A Montana District Court jury recently delivered a $36.5 million verdict in a bellwether case that is expected to significantly change the landscape of future litigation involving vermiculite mining and asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana. The jury in Great Falls, Montana, awarded laborer Ralph Hutt $6.5 million in compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive […]

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