July 9, 2011 – Asbestos Compensation Denied To A South Shields Pensioner A factory worker, who has recently been deemed terminally ill from asbestos, now has been diagnosed with a hazardous lung disease. Even though compensation or health care should cover it, it is not. A claim that was issued for the incident was not [...]
July 10, 2011 – Baring Witness to an Asbestos Eruption: Possibilities to Expect At one point in time, the dangerously, hazardous asbestos, was once said to be a superior material for the substance’s strength. Recently, however, the asbestos has been placed to a hazardous materials list in last months Rotterdam Convention, that decided that prior [...]
Asbestos Exposure and You (June 14, 2011) Asbestos is described as a combination of long, thin fibers and fibrous minerals that studies have shown can cause cancer in the lungs as well as other asbestos-related illness. What also makes this mineral dangerous is the fact it will not breakdown or dissolve in water, is heat, [...]
(June 14, 2011) Mesothelioma is described as a rare cancer type that develops within a protective lining that covers the multiple internal organs labeled as mesothelium. The common area that is likely to be infected is the pleura (the internal wall of the chest and the outer lining of the lungs). Mesothelioma can also develop [...]
$322 Million is Single Largest Plaintiff’s Asbestos Verdict in U.S History (May 24, 2011) A verdict in favor of a Mississippi man was awarded $322 million in an asbestosis case against the defendants, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. Testimony given by the plaintiff to the Mississippi Circuit Court for Smith County jury [...]
Asbestos Exposure Concerns Still Linger in New York (May 24, 2011) Asbestos continues to be a concern for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the lower Manhattan and New York Harbor areas as the catastrophe of the fall of the World Trade Towers continues to haunt New York. Even after clean-up efforts following the incident [...]
(March 10, 2011) In recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of asbestos settlement cases, in response to increasing numbers people suffering from asbestos-related diseases. Studies show that most people have developed several lung diseases as mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure. The owners of production industries that use asbestos now in [...]
Mesothelioma Cases Higher Among Men (April 24, 2011) Studies have shown that mesothelioma seems to be three to four times higher in men ages 30-40 in comparison to women and 10 times higher if the man is between the ages of 60-70. Why does this cancer occur more frequently in men than in women? Unfortunately, [...]
A Brief History of Asbestos (April 24, 2011) The use of asbestos dates back over 2,000 years and its name meaning “inextinguishable”, was given by the Ancient Greeks. Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that contain long, thin, separable fibers that can be separated into threads and woven. Even though a lung [...]
Identifying Asbestos in the Home (April 23, 2011) Asbestos Exposure has been a major concern for some time now but the majority of its focus has been in the industrial sector. For example, many buildings constructed after the 1860’s in the U.S and Canada contained high amounts of asbestos in its concrete, bricks, pipes and [...]