Others should be kind to people with cancer. Seems like a no-brainer, right? But a professor at Texas A&M thought the topic was important enough to warrant a study, and the results were recently published in the Journal of Oncology Practice. Dr. Leonard Berry, Distinguished Professor of Marketing at Texas A&M University, called his study … Read more
Study Outlines Role of Kindness in Cancer Care Others should be kind to people with cancer. Seems like a no-brainer, right? But a professor at Texas A&M thought the topic was important enough to warrant a study, and the results were recently published in the Journal of Oncology Practice. Dr. Leonard Berry, Distinguished Professor of … Read more
Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America, a unit of Imerys SA, must pay an additional $80 million in punitive damages to a New Jersey man who was found to have developed mesothelioma due to his extended use of J&J’s long-manufactured Baby Powder, a New Jersey state court ruled yesterday. This decision comes shortly after … Read more
What is the Average Mesothelioma Settlement? Anyone who’s been considering filing a mesothelioma-related lawsuit is probably curious about the “average” settlement received by those who’ve already sued the negligent parties that caused their mesothelioma. So, is there an “average” number and how accurate is it? We all know that every case is different. That said, … Read more
Town of Asbestos May Have Future in Magnesium In the town of Asbestos, Canada, there sits a mile-wide crater that locals say is deep enough to hold the Eiffel Tower. You wouldn’t even see the tippy-top sticking out, they point out. Within that crater, thousands of miners once harvested asbestos. For decades, Asbestos, Canada, located … Read more
Judge Says Insurer Liable for $43 Million Libby Settlement A Montana State District Judge has ordered a Nebraska-based insurance company to pay $43 million to address a settlement between that state and the hordes of people sickened by exposure to W. R. Grace’s tainted vermiculite in the town of Libby, site of one of the … Read more
Study Says Stem Cells May Slow or Prevent Cancer Development For victims of mesothelioma, the prognosis has never been very positive. Individuals with mesothelioma cancer often succumb to their illness within a year of diagnosis, and even those diagnosed in the disease’s earliest stages – which is rare – don’t often make it to that … Read more
Asbestos Found in Brooklyn College On Brooklyn College’s bucolic campus, located in the middle of the busy New York borough, students have seen signs popping up everyone, proclaiming the presence of asbestos. They’re not hard to miss, says a writer for the student paper, The Excelsior, because they’ve appeared in some of the busiest places … Read more
Are the EPA and Asbestos Industry in Cahoots? With the 2016 overhauling of the Toxic Substances Control Act, proponents of an asbestos ban could finally see the forest through the trees, so to speak. Asbestos was one of the first 10 chemicals/substances the EPA was to review in regards to its toxicity and continued use, … Read more
Employees in Old County Jail Likely Exposed to Asbestos The Old Bastrop County Jail (near Austin, Texas) is a historic site, one that’s currently used for a variety of other purposes other than as a prison. It now houses the county’s Indigent Care program, Prescription Assistance and Civil Process offices, so it’s always full of … Read more