Fifty-six residents of Goshen, Indiana have filed a lawsuit against the owners of a property that was once home to a Johnson Controls plant, claiming that demolition of the plant exposed them and their properties to hazardous asbestos dust. The suit also claims that tons of contaminated debris from that site were illegally buried on … Read more
Study Debates Different Approaches to Treating Mesothelioma A recent study by doctors at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City promotes the use of the surgical procedure known as pleurectomy and decortication (P/D) over the more aggressive extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) in the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. … Read more
A California jury has found in favor of Johnson & Johnson in the case of a woman who claimed that her consistent exposure to the company’s talcum powder caused her to develop mesothelioma cancer. Lawyers for plaintiff Carla Allen, from Eureka, California, argued that her exposure to J&J’s asbestos-tainted baby powder was responsible for her … Read more
In a move that many see as a money-saving ploy, when the old Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca, New York is demolished in the coming weeks, the company responsible for the work has announced that it won’t be abating the large amounts of asbestos inside the facility before the start of the demolition. That’s … Read more
Asbestos Imports Climbing Since New EPA Legislation Recent federal import data analyzed by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and Environmental Working Group demonstrates that asbestos imports into the United States soared a whopping 2,000 percent between the months of July and August 2018, with importers prompted by the new EPA legislation that allows for … Read more
The maintenance manager for a Portland, Oregon property management company that’s been under fire for asbestos violations told a local news station this week that he has been fired from his job, several months after ordering asbestos testing to verify the presence of the toxic mineral. Jason Eaton spoke with a reporter at KOIN 6 … Read more
NY Appeals Court To Decide Asbestos Exposure Issue: Just how much exposure to asbestos will make someone sick? Is that a question anyone can answer? Well, the New York Appeals Court thinks so. That’s why they’ve taken up the case of Arthur Juni Jr. vs. Ford Motor Company et al, determined to decide how to … Read more
Virginia Holds Employers Liable for Secondary Asbestos Exposure Last week, a Virginia Supreme Court ruled Employer liable for family asbestos exposure. It said that an employer has a duty to protect the family members of its employees from potentially being exposed to asbestos dust and fibers can are brought home on the clothes of the … Read more
Asbestos Issues at San Onfre when Workers in Area 2 and 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station report that they have found friable asbestos at the facility, prompting restricted access to those sections. The discovery came as preparations were being made to dismantle the buildings, readying the power plant for decommissioning. The term … Read more
Developers Indicted in Brooklyn when Five Brooklyn-area developers are being accused of negligently exposing their workers to asbestos, all in the name of saving some money by avoiding the cost of hiring a federally-licensed abatement professional to do the required removal work. According to an account in Brooklyn Daily, the developers knowingly exposed employees to … Read more