The Attorney General of Washington State has filed charges against a Spokane contractor whose disregard of the Clean Air Act resulted in asbestos contamination for a residential neighborhood in the eastern Washington city.
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Talc-related Ovarian Cancer Hits all Income Levels
Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter who you know, how much money you make, or whether you have an advanced degree. However, many environmental cancers seem to hit the working class folk.
Canada Moving Forward on Asbestos Ban
In a speech on Tuesday at a building trades union policy conference in Ottawa, Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced his intention to move forward towards a total asbestos ban in that country.
“We’ve actually made the commitment that we are moving forward on a ban … here in Canada,” said Trudeau in response to a question from a trade union leader. “We know that its impact on workers far outweighs any benefits that it might provide.”
University of Hawaii Gets Grant to Study Mesothelioma
Researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the John A. Burns School of Medicine have been gifted with a $3 million research grant that will be earmarked to study mesothelioma.
Johnson & Johnson Talc Case
Huge Verdict in J&J Talc Case Reignites Interest in Related Lawsuits
Yesterday, a jury in a Missouri state court ordered healthcare products company Johnson and Johnson to pay $55 million dollars to a woman who claimed that she developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talc products for feminine hygiene purposes.
Training Exercises Result in Asbestos Exposure for Firefighters
The city of Orlando, Florida and its fire department are facing tens of thousands of dollars in fines for exposing firefighters to toxic asbestos during preparations for a training exercise back in February.
Live Bacterium Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Treating Mesothelioma
Results of a Phase 1B clinical trial presented earlier this week at the 2016 European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva, Switzerland demonstrate that a new immunotherapy treatment using live bacterium might eventually become a treatment of choice for individuals suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Asbestos Related Lawsuit Riles California College Campus
An asbestos related lawsuit filed by a decades-long employee of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California has many students, staff, and administration up in arms about the safety of several buildings on this pretty campus located just an hour north of San Francisco and nestled in the bucolic wine country of the Golden State.
Australian Scientists Cite Major Progress in Mesothelioma Treatment
Mesothelioma has long been one of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat. Hard to detect until its late stages, due to an extended latency period, it almost always appears in Stage 3 or 4 when mesothelioma treatment options are fewer and the disease has progressed to the point where metastases is nearly always present. Chemo and radiation may be able to relieve some of the symptoms of the disease and surgery is sometimes an option. Still, the life expectancy remains short for most mesothelioma patients.