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• Bollinger - Mesothelioma & Asbestos Exposure

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  Bollinger Shipyard employees, whether current or former, should learn more about the hazards associated with asbestos exposure, including the increased chance of contracting the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.
  10 hours ago

• Woman Awarded Over $20 Million in Mesothelioma Case

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Baltimore, MD—A University of Maryland nursing professor who contracted the asbestos cancer mesothelioma from her grandfather has been awarded more than $20 million in damages.A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury made the award on Friday in the case of Jocelyn Farrar, 57, after a two-week trial. Farrar had been ...
  16 hours ago

• Mesothelioma Treatment: Imaging Scans May Improve Radiation Therapy

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 421
  A study recently published in the medical journal Radiation Oncology compared the use of imaging scans for their effectiveness at improving radiation therapy planning in pleural mesothelioma patients. Researchers found that co-registered PET and CT scans produced better results than CT scans alone. Both CT (computed ...
  1 day ago

• First Punitive Damages in NYS Mesothelioma Case in 20 Years Awarded

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Buffalo, NY—The family of Ronald Drabczyk, a Niagara Falls chemical plant worker who died from the unusual asbestos cancer mesothelioma, has been awarded $1.5 million in damages and $750,000 in punitive damages by an Erie County jury.Drabczyk worked at Hooker Chemical in Buffalo, New York, overhauling valves which ...
  1 day ago

• DuPont sued again following mesothelioma cancer death

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 124
  Chemical giant DuPont is facing yet another asbestos-related lawsuit. This time, the plaintiff is Roger Neely, the son of former DuPont worker Lively Neely. For over twenty years, Lively Neely brought home asbestos dust on his work clothes, which Roger Neely now believes caused the death of his mother, Ruby. Ruby ...
  2 days ago

• Explosion at Syracuse School Prompts Asbestos Concerns

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  SYRACUSE, N.Y.—A basement explosion earlier this month at a private school prompted investigation and concern over possible asbestos exposure and the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.The explosion, which occurred at the Ishan School of Excellence – Syracuse’s only private Islamic school – produced large amounts of ...
  2 days ago

• Prometheus announces new mesothelioma diagnostic test

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Prometheus Laboratories Inc. has announced the nationwide commercial launch of ProOnc Mesothelioma Dx and two other cancer diagnostic products, ProOnc TumorSource Dx and ProOnc Squamous Dx. All three tests are based on highly sensitive, recently developed microRNA technology. MicroRNAs are tiny non-coding sequences of ...
  3 days ago

• The Importance Of Mesothelioma Information In Prevention And Cure

  
  Very Good Search Info Center — Authority: 165
  Information or the lack of it is the deciding factor of whether an endeavor would become a success or not. Treatment of mesothelioma is such a field where the difference between success and failure is just a thin line that is decided by availability or the lack of defining mesothelioma information. Unfortunately, many ...
  4 days ago

• Mesothelioma Remains A Concern For Construction Workers

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Virtually no aspect of the construction field has been untouched by asbestos. Particularly during the mid-twentieth century, when a boom in babies led to a boom in construction, this so-called miracle mineral was widely used at every stage of commercial and residential construction. Unfortunately, however, the ...
  5 days ago

• Former Employees Blow the Whistle on Illegal Asbestos Dump

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  DENVER, C.O.—More than 20 years after the fact, several former employees of Denver Water, the city’s main provider of drinking water, are coming forward with information that has the potential to seriously harm the reputation of the environmentally-friendly company.Joseph Pacheco, one of the former workers, told a ...
  5 days ago

• Pneumonectomy for Mesothelioma Diagnosis

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  Upon learning of his pleural mesothelioma diagnosis, Andrew Manuel had a pneumonectomy - or lung removal. His wife describes his decision to undergo this surgery.
  6 days ago

• Pleural Mesothelioma

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  In January of 2004, Andrew Manuel lost his life to pleural mesothelioma. His wife describes how her family has tried to move on after their devestating experience with mesothelioma.
  6 days ago

• Mesothelioma Trimodality Therapy Benefits Patients

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 421
  In a study recently published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , mesothelioma researchers found a trimodality therapeutic approach of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation to be effective in treating malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a cancer caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure. A long ...
  6 days ago

• Wells Fargo Won’t Pay Lump Sum To Mesothelioma Patient

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Charleston, WV—A man who has been diagnosed with the terminal asbestos cancer mesothelioma has been awarded a substantial amount in compensation – but he might not see a penny of it.Gordon Conley worked for Union Carbide as a chemical plant operator and electrician for nearly 40 years, and was exposed while there ...
  6 days ago

• James Hardie Out of Money For Mesothelioma Victims

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  An Australian mother of four who is dying from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma recently made a heartfelt plea to the beleaguered building materials company James Hardie: “Just do the right thing.”The woman, whose first name is Serafina and who asked that her last name not be disclosed, is just 39 years old. She ...
  1 week ago

• Jury Grants $5.5 Million to Mesothelioma Widows

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Bloomington, IL—The widows of three men killed by the asbestos cancer mesothelioma have been awarded damages in the amount of $5.5 million.The men, Merlon Dukes, Bob Blessing and John Watkins, all worked at Union Asbestos & Rubber Co., which was later called UNARCO Industries, Inc., during the 1950s and 1960s. ...
  1 week ago

• Ford Motor Company Plants & Factories - Mesothelioma & Asbestos Exposure

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  Since asbestos was commonly used in the manufacture of numerous automotive components, especially brakes, any employee at a plant or factory where cars or car parts were assembled, such as the various Ford Motor Company PLants and Factories, has a higher risk than the general public of contracting mesothelioma, the ...
  1 week ago

• Mesothelioma Less of A Risk As Oregon Library Closed for Asbestos Removal

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Salem, Ore. – Parents, children, and other residents of Salem, Oregon will be able to breathe a little easier in a few months, after the Salem Public Library undergoes the final stages of its scheduled asbestos abatement.In May, the city council approved $165,000 in funds to be used for the removal of the harmful ...
  1 week ago

• Georgia (GA) Mesothelioma, Asbestos Cancer, and General Asbestos Resources

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  Information about resources provided in Georgia regarding asbestos and mesothelioma, including asbestos cancer and mesothelioma doctors and treatment centers, clinical trials, legal reources, general information, and asbestos removal.
  1 week ago

• University Community Facing Mesothelioma Risk From Asbestos Contamination

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Cheyenne, Wyoming—State officials have announced that anyone who was on-site at a demolition project, and even those in the surrounding community, at the University of Wyoming, may have been put at risk for developing the deadly cancer mesothelioma after improper handling of asbestos.The demolition, which is taking ...
  1 week ago

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