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

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 552
  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, ...
  5 days ago

• Australian organization criticized for failing to observe asbestos regulations

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Mesothelioma Lawsuit Filed Against DuPont Over Asbestos Exposure

  
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  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 ...
  6 days ago

• Oregon pipe excavation project results in asbestos penalty

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Explosion prompts Canadians to voice asbestos disease concerns

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  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, ...
  1 week ago

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

  
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  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Mesothelioma and Asbestosis in Italy

  
  Blog from Italy — Authority: 119
  At least 1,200 cases of mesothelioma occur every year in Italy. Up until the end of the 1980s, Italy’s production of asbestos was second only to that of Russia.  Asbestos was also used widely in Italy, until its use was banned in 1992. Blue Asbestos Italy was something of a late adopter when it came to ...
  1 week ago

• Illegal asbestos dumping by Mancuso family could increase the risk of mesothelioma

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  Following a nine day trial in Syracuse federal court, two Utica brothers were convicted of environmental violations and fraud due to their illegal asbestos removal business. Paul, 46, and Steven Mancuso, 38, joined their father Lester in pleading guilty in the trial. Also pleading guilty was the third brother Ronald ...
  1 week ago

• Maryland Mesothelioma Lawsuit Results in $20M Award in Baltimore

  
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  A woman who developed mesothelioma as a result of washing the clothes of her grandfather, who was an insulation work, was awarded $20 million by a Baltimore City jury. The Maryland meshothelioma lawsuit was brought by Jocelyn Farrar, a 57 year-old nursing professor at University of Maryland. Farrar alleged that ...
  1 week ago

• Asbestos in Homes

  
  Mesothelioma Cancer BLOG - Cappolino, Dodd & Krebs, LLP — Authority: 98
  Asbestos is made up of needle-like fibers that are easily inhaled when disturbed.  The inhalation of these asbestos fibers can lead to serious diseases such as mesothelioma cancer, lung cancer, asbestosis, and pleural fibrosis. Asbestos is an organically occurring fibrous mineral.  It can be found in many places ...
  1 week ago

• Florida Asbestos Lawsuit Verdict of $24M Tossed on Appeal

  
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  One of the largest asbestos verdicts against a single defendant in Florida history was overturned Wednesday by a state appeals court. The Florida asbestos lawsuit resulted in a $24.2 million verdict by a Miami-Dade jury for Dr. Stephen Guilder, who sued Honeywell International over the alleged negligence of a ...
  1 week ago

• California refinery fire debris may contain asbestos

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  A fire broke out at the coker unit at the Tesoro Corp. refinery near Los Angeles, California on September 25. The coker unit used extreme pressure and heat to convert heavy oil into lighter petroleum products like gasoline and heating oil. Debris from the fire may be contaminated with the toxic substance asbestos . ...
  2 weeks ago

• Asbestosis patient in hospice care gets to go fishing

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  John Lusk of Salem, South Carolina was diagnosed with asbestosis in the late 1990s. Asbestosis is a disease caused by inhaling asbestos fibers. The asbestos fibers scar the lung tissue. Lusk became very ill three years ago, and he needs constant oxygen in order to breathe. He has been with Medi Home Hospice care for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Able Contractors fined $30k for asbestos violations

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Able Contractors Inc. of Brush Prairie has been fined $30,409 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for alleged asbestos-handling violations. The DEQ alleges that Able Contractors did not properly document an asbestos abatement project at a retirement home in Newberg, and they removed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma Lawsuit Results in $1.2M Verdict Over Drilling Mud Additive

  
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  A Texas jury awarded $1.2 million last week to the wife of an engineer who died from mesothelioma cancer , allegedly caused by working with asbestos-laden additives to drilling lubricants. The lawsuit, filed against Montello, Inc., Union Carbide, and other defendants, charged that asbestos in cement additives and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Alaskan Contractor Fined Due to Mesothelioma-Causing Asbestos Violations

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  In Anchorage, Alaska, a local contractor has been fined just over $5,000 after violating asbestos regulations. The contractor, Coldfoot Environmental Services Inc., has agreed to pay a $5,100 fine. In addition, Coldfoot Environmental will also complete a community service project as part of their plan to settle an EPA ...
  8 weeks ago

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