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• Woman Develops Mesothelioma From Secondhand Asbestos Exposure

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Seven Hills, Queensland, AUSRALIA—In another of a growing number of cases of secondhand asbestos exposure, a woman who contracted mesothelioma from washing her husband’s work clothes is suing the State Government and building products manufacturer James Hardie.The woman, whose first name is Joan and who wishes ...
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• Mesothelioma Victim’s Son Files Suit Against DuPont

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Old Hickory, TN—In one of an increasing number of lawsuits against the company, a Tennessee man has filed a wrongful death suit against DuPont, claiming that exposure to asbestos fibers led to the mesothelioma which killed his mother.Ruby Neely, who died earlier this year from the asbestos cancer, was exposed ...
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• Widow of Mesothelioma Victim Speaks Out

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Trafford, England—Elaine Haskins, 59, is making public her husband’s struggle with mesothelioma in order to promote widespread awareness of this silent killer.Hugh Haskins, who had worked for years as a builder, was exposed to asbestos on the job and eventually contracted mesothelioma as a result. Haskins died in ...
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• Family of Mesothelioma Victim Will Get A Retrial

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Chattanooga, TN—There will be a new trial in the case of a DuPont retiree who died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, and whose family has brought a suit against his former employer and other companies, ruled a three-judge appeals panel.Hugh Todd Nye worked at the Chattanooga DuPont facility from ...
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• Lawsuit Brought Against Two Foreign Corporations By Mesothelioma Victim

  
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  Tyler, PA—A federal lawsuit filed November 2 in the Tyler Division of the Easter District of Texas alleges that two foreign companies operating in Texas exposed a worker to asbestos, which led directly to his diagnosis of mesothelioma.Robert Plummer, along with his wife Nadine, have filed the suit against T&N ...
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• Robert Taub, MD, PhD - Peritoneal Mesothelioma

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  View more videos about mesothelioma treatments at www.curemeso.org. Presentation by Dr. Taub at the International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma, presented by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation.
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• Mesothelioma Victims Back Asbestos Awareness Campaign

  
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  Kent, UK—Two victims of the rare, severe cancer known as mesothelioma are backing a British Health and Safety Executive campaign that is publicizing the dangers of asbestos exposure to tradesmen.Former electrician Jack Rekert, who was diagnosed with this unusual cancer of the lungs’ outer lining two years ago, has ...
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• Former Architect Dies From Asbestos Cancer Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  London—Just two months after his diagnosis of mesothelioma, a former architect who worked with asbestos almost 40 years ago has died.Brian Pettit was 66 at the time of his death, for which which coroner Dr. Andrew Reid recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease. Pettit had developed a malignant tumor on his ...
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• Mesothelioma Risk Leads OSHA to Fine Buffalo-Area Contracting Company

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Cheektowaga, NY—After learning that they engaged in dangerous practices concerning the evaluation of asbestos contamination and the removal of asbestos-containing materials, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an upstate New York company $50,000.Superior General Contracting, of Buffalo ...
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• Peritoneal Mesothelioma – What Is Peritoneal Mesothelioma?

  
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  Peritoneal Mesothelioma is a variety of mesothelioma that affects the peritonium region of the body. The abdominal mesothelium membrane is named the peritonium. Peritoneal mesothelioma represents a minute number of all mesothelioma cases at about 30%. The main reason for contracting peritoneal mesothelioma points to ...
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• H. Richard Alexander, MD | Peritoneal Mesothelioma | Symposium 2009

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  More videos about mesothelioma treatment available at www.curemeso.org. Dr. Alexander’s presentation from the International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma 2009, presented by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, in Washington, DC.
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• Peritoneal Mesothelioma Verdict Overturned on Appeal

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Miami—Last week a Florida appeals court overturned a verdict of over $24 million in an asbestos liability case. The case will now go back to trial, on order of a panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal.Dr. Stephen Guilder, who contracted peritoneal mesothelioma after working with asbestos-containing brake pads on ...
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• Peritoneal Mesothelioma Surgical Procedures

  
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• Mesothelioma Study Finds Optimal Treatment Approach for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  A study recently published in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology found cytoreductive surgery followed by intraperitoneal chemotherapy to be most effective at treating peritoneal mesothelioma. Caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure, peritoneal mesothelioma is an extremely rare cancer that is very ...
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• Horley Woman Died from Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Horley, UK—A woman who made her living soldering airplane radios has died from the devastating asbestos cancer mesothelioma.Evelyn Boxall was 77 at the time of her death. She had been diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of working in a plant where she had used an asbestos mat.Asbestos, once prized for its many ...
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• Mount Sinai To Study Mesothelioma, Other Asbestos Diseases in Montana

  
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  New York—In an announcement made on Monday, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine discussed a new three-phase study that will investigate the effects of vermiculite mining in the Libby, Montana area on residents’ health. The asbestos contamination in that region has contributed to a number of ...
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• Mesothelioma Rates Continue to Rise in Britain’s West Midlands

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Birmingham, England—The latest reports from the British Health and Safety Executive have shown that rates of mesothelioma, the rare cancer which is linked to asbestos exposure, have continued to rise in the West Midlands region of the country.Provisional figures revealed that the death rate of men in the region, per ...
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• 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 ...
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• Holiday Spirit Survives in the Legacy of Mesothelioma Patient

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Toronto—A man who has died from mesothelioma, the rare asbestos cancer that usually results in a grim prognosis for its patients, has left a legacy of generosity.Maurizio (Moe) Korcynski, a retired teacher, asked that donations made in his name go to the Toronto Star’s Santa Claus Fund, a yearly effort which ...
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• 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 ...
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