Peacetime Veteran with Asbestos Disease Gets No VA Care Anyone who’s served in the U.S. military at any time is a veteran, right? So that means that veterans of all ages have equal access to care through the Veterans Administration, correct? Apparently not. Consider the story of Richard Cook, who served in the U.S. Navy … Read more
Mesothelioma Not Just a Disease of the Elderly While it’s true that the majority of mesothelioma cancer patients are over the age of 60, younger individuals who were exposed to asbestos shouldn’t just automatically assume that they are immune to the disease. Consider the case of 30-year-old Brit, Liam Bradley, who has been recently diagnosed … Read more
Asbestos Displaces West Los Angeles Residents When Los Angeles County Health Department hazmat officials arrived at an apartment building in West Los Angeles earlier this week, the tenants there realized their fears that something was amiss. And when the hazmat folks called in the Los Angeles Fire Department for their help, it was evident that … Read more
Employees of Drug Treatment Facility Exposed to Asbestos The Oregon Occupational Health and Safety Administration has determined that employees at OnTrack, a drug rehabilitation facility in Medford, were exposed to asbestos while rehabbing a nearby property…and it’s possible that superiors knew there was asbestos present but did nothing to prevent exposure. According to an article … Read more
Fire at Old Mill Could Mean Danger for Oregon Community The old Whitsell Mill in Saginaw, Oregon recently burned to the ground in a massive fire that local environmental officials say could cause huge headaches for locals, including exposure to toxic asbestos debris that could be found in the ash that remains after the blaze. … Read more
Woman Steals Funds Meant for Mesothelioma Patients A woman from Arnold, Maryland who worked for a large Annapolis law firm has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay back $1.1 million to her victims after she pleaded guilty to stealing from a fund designated to benefit those sickened by asbestos exposure. … Read more
Training Exercises Expose Firefighters to Asbestos The Virginia Beach (Virginia) Firefighters Association has recently filed complaints with both state and federal agencies, alleging that its members were exposed to hazardous asbestos during training exercises. It’s a scenario that’s all too common among fire companies throughout the United States. The agency, which is the union for … Read more
Meso Patients at High-Volume Hospitals Receive Best Treatment A new study published in the journal Lung Cancer maintains that mesothelioma patients who have lung-related surgery for the treatment of their disease have better outcomes when their surgery is performed at a facility that is considered “high-volume”. That is, a hospital that does a large number … Read more
Philly School Cleans after Outrage Over Asbestos After it was announced that millions of asbestos fibers permeated a busy hallway and other locations in aging Olney Elementary School in the Philadelphia School District, the teachers’ union, along with parents, demanded a clean-up. And, surprisingly, the district complied, though the solutions aren’t likely permanent ones. Yesterday, “students … Read more
Test Shows More than 10 Million Asbestos Fibers on Floor of Philly School Staff members and others at Olney Elementary School told the School District of Philadelphia earlier this year that one of the most heavily traveled hallways in the aging school was full of hazardous asbestos fibers. But four months after that initial complaint, … Read more