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• California school to undergo asbestos abatement before demolition

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  In Cabazon, California, an aging elementary school building has been slated for demolition. The former Cabazon Elementary School is known to contain asbestos, a material once commonly used in materials like insulation or fireproofing materials. Exposure to asbestos-laden materials is now known to have serious ...
  4 days ago

• New York Asbestos Lawsuit for Boilermaker Results in $3M Settlement

  
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  A boilermaker who contracted mesothelioma from asbestos exposure has reached a $3 million settlement with several companies that he alleged were responsible for his exposure to the toxic substance during his 35-year career. The New York asbestos lawsuit was filed by Earl W. Tredinnick III, who was diagnosed ...
  4 days ago

• What Conditions Affect The Mesothelioma Survival Rate?

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  What conditions affect the mesothelioma survival rate? Before answering this question understand that this illness can be cancerous or non cancerous. If often starts in the lining of the lungs or abdominal area known as the mesothelium. Mesothelioma affects this lining by causing tumors to grow.
  6 days ago

• Source of asbestos contamination at U of Wyoming determined

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  Officials at the University of Wyoming have announced that they have finally determined the cause of asbestos contamination that occurred on the campus earlier this year. Officials say that the asbestos originated from at least one of two small buildings that were purchased by a man from Laramie earlier this year. ...
  1 week ago

• Deaths from Asbestos Illness Continue to Increase in Quebec

  
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  Asbestos exposure kills more workers in Quebec than any other cause, according to a recent report released by Quebec’s workers compensation board. So far this year, 61 out of 104 workers who died of work-related causes in the French-Canadian province have died of an asbestos illness, the board reports. Across ...
  1 week ago

• Mesothelioma - Asbestos Exposure - Asbestosis - Kazan Law

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  www.KazanLaw.com Mesothelioma Asbestos Exposure the diseases Asbestosis and Mesothelioma are only caused by exposure to these mineral fibers. Symptoms may not appear for years, even decades. Your health may be at risk if you have been exposed. To find out about gaining compensation for Asbestosis or Mesothelioma, call ...
  2 weeks ago

• Debate continues over asbestos, other contaminants at Massachusetts park

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  In the city of Billerica, Massachusetts, concerns have been raised over the course of the last several months about the safety of Iron Horse Park. Members of the Board of Health believe that pentachlorophenol, a chemical used to treat utility poles being stored at Iron Horse Park, is causing a strange odor. Nearby ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma Attorneys

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  Williams Kherkher represents individuals afflicted with asbestos and mesothelioma. For more information, visit www.mesolawsuit.com.
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  www.ofmesothelioma.co.cc - Mesothelioma is an incurable asbestos cancer. This short film was produced to raise awareness of the issues around mesothelioma. It includes interviews with people who have the disease. It was produced for Action Mesothelioma day on belhalf of Forum of Asbestos…
  2 weeks ago

• Colorado mall fire leads to asbestos concerns

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 137
  The Estes Park Urban Renewal Authority (EPURA) of Colorado has warned that a fire at Park Theatre Mall on October 19 may have released asbestos into the air. When the mall had been built and remodeled, buildings were not required to have sprinkler systems, so asbestos was used generously as fireproofing material. It ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma-causing asbestos removal first step in rehabilitating aging theater

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  At the aging State Theatre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, work is well underway on a project that will breathe new life into an old building. Thanks to volunteers ranging from film buffs to generous community members, a great deal of work has been completed on the theater. To date, about a million dollars worth of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Former shelter for homeless veterans contains asbestos

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a former shelter that catered to homeless veterans has been found to contain asbestos, in addition to human waste and other debris. City officials discovered the contaminants and garbage cluttering the Sundowner Motel on old Route 66 last week. Mere weeks ago, the Sundowner was the home of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma-causing asbestos debris piling up along Florida parkway

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  In Sebring, Florida, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection has identified 12 sites along the Sebring Parkway where concrete debris has tested positive for asbestos . The samples, collected over the past two months, are not the only asbestos danger in the area: large piles of pipes made from ...
  2 weeks ago

• ADAO wants California to drop serpentine as state rock

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 137
  The Manhattan Beach City Council in California passed Resolution No. 6223 urging the state legislature to repeal the designation of serpentine as the official state rock because serpentine can contain the toxic substance asbestos . The resolution has been lauded by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) ...
  2 weeks ago

• Asbestos Exposure Causes 20 U.K. Residents to Die Every Week: Report

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 540
  The United Kingdom has launched an asbestos educational campaign to warn its workers about the dangers of asbestos exposure and that the risk of death from asbestos-related illnesses, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer, is still a very real and looming threat in many industries. The new campaign, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Australian organization criticized for failing to observe asbestos regulations

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  In Australia, the WorkSafe organization is facing harsh criticism after they failed to properly investigate an incident at an East Melbourne hospital. During the incident, workers were exposed to asbestos at the Mercy Hospital site. Two men at the site were sawing through concrete that contained asbestos, resulting in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma Lawsuit Filed Against DuPont Over Asbestos Exposure

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 540
  A Tennessee man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against DuPont and 20 other companies over the loss of his mother, who died from mesothelioma cancer allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos fibers carried home by her husband from a DuPont plant where he worked. The Tennessee mesothelioma lawsuit claims ...
  3 weeks ago

• Oregon pipe excavation project results in asbestos penalty

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 137
  Black Butte Ranch Corporation has been fined $750 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a friable asbestos abatement project. Neither Black Butte Ranch nor its employees are licensed to conduct asbestos abatement activities, but they removed nearly 26 linear feet of sewer pipe that contained ...
  3 weeks ago

• Explosion prompts Canadians to voice asbestos disease concerns

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 127
  After an explosion in Ottawa released asbestos into the air last week, many Canadians are taking a more aggressive stance against the country’s asbestos industry. The explosion took place at a steam plant in downtown Ottawa, and took the lives of two men when a boiler at the plant exploded. When the boiler exploded, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Long-Term Effects of Asbestos Exposure in Libby, Montana to be Researched

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 540
  Medical researchers have begun a long-term study into the effects of asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana, a small town where federal officials declared the first public health emergency in history over an epidemic of asbestos-related diseases. The launch of the study coincides with the arrival of medical relief ...
  3 weeks ago

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