A recent decision by the UK’s High Court to apply Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act to mesothelioma claims has triggered a negative response from the Association of British Insurers . James Dalton, the ABI’s Head of Motor and Liabil…
Jury Finds National Grid Liable, Awards $7 Million to Plaintiff in Asbestos Exposure Case
Government plans to deduct legal fees from the damages paid to people dying from asbestos exposure are unlawful, the High Court has ruled. The group challenged his decision to allow 25% of damages awarded to mesothelioma sufferers to be used to pay leg…
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has found that the agency’s costly and time-consuming experiments on alternative asbestos control methods lacked effective oversight and threatened human health. In a recent report , EPA’s Offi…
THE family of a postman who died of a deadly asbestos cancer has called for more research into the deadly disease. Tony Holt, whose uncle Terence McCarthy died from mesothelioma at Bolton Hospice , attended a meeting addressed by Kate Green MP, shadow …
A West Islip man who alleged he contracted a rare form of lung cancer from exposure to asbestos during construction of the Northport Power Station has been awarded $7 million by a jury in state Supreme Court. Lawyers for the man, Ralph North, 79, said …
EPA Home A Science Inventory A Subchronic Inhalation Exposure of Rats to Libby Amphibole and Amosite Asbestos: Effects at 18 Months Post Exposure### Willson, G., D. Dodd, K. Roberts, H. Wall, AND S. Gavett. Subchronic Inhalation Exposure of Rats to Lib…
In the last few years the health-damaging effects of asbestos have led to an increase in pleural cancers. A new interdisciplinary research laboratory is set to lead to scientific advances in treatment.
In the last few years the health-damaging effects of asbestos have led to an increase in pleural cancers. A new interdisciplinary research laboratory is set to lead to scientific advances in treatment.
Plans for Park Put on Hold After Asbestos Turns Up During Excavation
The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute in California will hold its third annual mesothelioma fundraiser in October to raise money for cancer research.
Direct targeting and induction of immunological attacks on cancer cells are two widely used approaches for the treatment of cancer. But Professor Hiromi Kumon and colleagues at Okayama University have developed a third and potentially more effective ap…
Treating patients with high-dose radiotherapy after chemotherapy and surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma does not achieve improvements in local relapse and overall survival, according to…
Treating patients with high-dose radiotherapy after chemotherapy and surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma does not achieve improvements in local relapse and overall survival, according to data from a prospective randomized phase II trial presente…
Treating patients with high-dose radiotherapy after chemotherapy and surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma does not achieve improvements in local relapse and overall survival, according to new data from a prospective randomized phase II trial.