Asbestos in Medical News

Report: Asbestos Litigation Disaster for Investors Could Be Repeated With Nanotechnology Unless SEC and FASB Close Eight Major Loopholes Now Preventing Honest Disclosures

Investor Environmental Health Network Analysis Finds Disturbing Asbestos-Nanotech Parallels That Could Saddle Investors with a Major New Round of Costly Mega-Litigation WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Billions of dollars in potential asbestos-like litigation risks for nanotechn...

HB Litigation Conferences LLC: Video of Much-Discussed Asbestos Litigation Debates & Discourse Now Available

CHICAGO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A panel of leading asbestos litigators, judges and experts gathered for three days earlier this month in Beverly Hills to deliver a much-talked-about series of debates, conversations and presentations surrounding the most massive of toxic torts. The video, au...

Smithsonian Worker Exposed to Asbestos Files Whistleblower Retaliation Complaint

Smithsonian Whistleblower and Asbestos Experts to Dispute Smithsonian's Assurances That National Air and Space Museum is Safe for Workers and Public WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Smithsonian whistleblower Richard Pullman will hold a press conference on Tuesday, March 17, to...

Baron & Budd Wins Damages for Six Families of Pennsylvania Asbestos Victims

PHILADELPHIA, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawsuits brought by the families of six Pennsylvania men who died of malignant mesothelioma were successfully resolved this past week, announced Baron & Budd, P.C. The deceased men -- an electrician, a carpenter, a pipefitter, a maintenance worker, a wee...

Dallas Attorneys Featured at Major Asbestos Litigation Event

DALLAS, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Four Dallas attorneys are among the who's who of asbestos litigators to assemble next month in Los Angeles to discuss emerging asbestos litigation trends and review what transpired in 2008. Shepard Hoffman, Esq., Law Offices of Shepard A. Hoffman, LLC, Dallas, ...

California Attorneys Featured at Major Asbestos Litigation Event

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- California attorneys and a presiding judge are among the who's who of asbestos litigators and notables that will assemble next month in Los Angeles to discuss emerging asbestos litigation trends and lessons learned from 2008. Robert Berkes of Berke...

Judges, Doctors Featured at Mealey's Asbestos Conference in March

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Judges and doctors with extensive experience on the topic of asbestos law and medicine will be among the speakers at the "Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation" to be held at The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills March 9-11, 2009. The pr...

Nine Year Ban Fails to Eradicate Asbestos Related Diseases

Nine years after its use was banned, statistics show that nearly 4,000 people in the UK die each year from the effects of asbestos exposure whilst at work. Manchester,UK (PRWEB) November 27, 2008 -- On 24th November 1999, the Government's ban on the use of Asbestos cam...

Ft. Lauderdale Jury Awards Couple over $3 Million in Secondhand Asbestos Exposure Case

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- After six hours of deliberation, a Broward County Jury awarded a 57 year old woman and her husband $3,606,000.00 in a secondhand exposure case. Lynda and Michael Daly claimed that Mrs. Daly's mesothelioma was a result of her secondhand exposure to a...

LegalView Reports Cancer Risk for St. Louis Residents After Unapproved Asbestos Removal During Demolition

LegalView recently informed mesothelioma blog readers of improper removal of asbestos in St. Louis that may have left thousands of residents at risk for developing mesothelioma cancer. The city used an unapproved "wet method" of removing asbestos fibers, which may expose residents to th...

The Mesothelioma Victims Center Offers Victims Of Asbestos Related Cancer & Their Loved Ones The Most Comprehensive Free Service Especially For US Navy Veterans

Americas Watchdog created the Mesothelioma Center as a way for victims, or the family members & loved ones of Mesothelioma victims to get help,very honest advice & tailor made assistance at no cost to the victim, or their family members. According to Americas Watchdog, "watching what...

Palace of Westminster Asbestos Problem Ignored

LONDON, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinica - the world's leading news service for the medical technology industry - has learned that staff and visitors to London's Houses of Parliament have been at risk of exposure to high levels of asbestos contamination for significant periods during the last t...

UPDATED: Deadly Asbestos Fibers Found on Chicago's Oak Street Beach

Officials Rig Studies/Tests; Cover-up Health Hazards on Illinois Beaches Beach Visitors' Asbestos Safety Tips Published CHICAGO, May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Due to formatting problems in the first send, the media and public are advised to use the updated version below: Beac...

Deadly Asbestos Fibers Found on Chicago's Oak Street Beach

Officials Rig Studies/Tests; Cover-up Health Hazards on Illinois Beaches Beach Visitors' Asbestos Safety Tips Published CHICAGO, May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beach season opens this weekend! Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society asked nationally recognized asbestos safety risk exper...

Media Advisory: May 19 Briefing on Asbestos Legislature

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and the staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee organized a briefing for key staff members of the House, on the critical need for legislation to ban asbestos. WHEN: Monday, May 19th at 2 PM WHERE: Rayb...

$3 Billion Asbestos Deal Reached by W.R.Grace Company to Pay Asbestos Victims

CHICAGO, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Principals announced today a $3 billion dollar agreement to resolve current and future asbestos claims with chemical manufacturer W.R.Grace & Co. and related entities, which will eventually allow the multinational corporation to emerge from bankruptcy wit...

Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Position on Ban Asbestos Legislation

LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute unanimously supports a complete ban on asbestos-containing products and adequate funding for research on asbestos-related diseases. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's draft bill, currently...

Woman Sues DuPont and Asbestos Manufacturers After Developing Mesothelioma From Exposure to Asbestos in Husband's Work Clothes

BEAUMONT, Texas, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Frances Barras of Nederland, Texas, along with her husband and five children, has sued DuPont and several asbestos manufacturers because she has developed mesothelioma from washing and handling her husband's asbestos-contaminated work clothes for many y...

Leading Asbestos-Cancer Group Urges Congress to Partner with Them and Support Funding Provisions in Asbestos Ban Legislation

- The following statement was issued by The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) to coincide with hearings held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the "Bruce Vento Ban Asbestos and Prevent Mesothelioma Act"(HR 3339), today, Thursday, February 28, 2008. The Me...

Baron & Budd, P.C., Announces $3.6 Million Settlement in California Asbestos Lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., is announcing a $3.6 million settlement in an asbestos exposure lawsuit filed on behalf of an 81-year-old man who worked in the San Francisco area. The settlement was reached a day before the jury would have determined t...

Friends of Warren Zevon To Play at Maverick Saloon - Raising Awareness of Asbestos Cancer, Mesothelioma

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Maverick Saloon will host a tribute to the late songwriter Warren Zevon on December 8, 2007 from 4 PM until 7 PM to raise research money and awareness for Mesothelioma, the disease that claimed the life of the much loved and respected troubadou...

A Breath of Fresh Air From Washington: Senate Passes Historic Asbestos Ban

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asbestos in the U.S. may be breathing its last gasps, with the Senate's recent passage of the Ban Asbestos in America Act this past week. It now moves on to the House of Representatives, where passage is expected to be imminent. Championed by Sena...

Asbestos No More: Historic Asbestos Ban Passage Imminent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asbestos in the U.S. may be breathing its last gasps, as the Senate today passed the Ban Asbestos in America Act. Passage in the House is expected to be imminent. Championed by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) for the past six years, this legislation wo...

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos

Washington, DC A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes a poster child for the nanotechnology revolution could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities. The study used established methods to see if specific types of ...

Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos

New study shows inhaling long, thin carbon nanotubes may result in asbestos-related disease WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes -- a poster child for the "nanotechnology revolution" -- co...

Move To Ban Asbestos Welcomed

According to Bob Sass, chairman of the Ban Asbestos Saskatchewan committee, the Canadian Cancer Society's call for a national ban on the use and export of asbestos is welcomed news and reflects a changing environment. "Obviously this is a very important part of a movement in Canada of public i...

‘Mesothelioma’- Trouble Under the Asbestos Rof

In the sixties many schools and homes were housed under asbestos roofs. The children of the sixties, the baby boomer generation, are now facing// the repercussion of living their childhood days under asbestos roofs, known to be behind a deadly but rare type of cancer- Mesothelioma. Almost 5% of all...

Despite Ban, Asbestos Produce Goes Unhindered

Despite a ban by the government, asbestos might still be illegally mined in Rajasthan and India could be importing the toxic mineral on a large scale, a Canadian social// activist suspects. Louie Palu, a journalist-turned-social activist working on mining issues in Canada for 12 years, is in ...

Canadian Cancer Society Calls for Ban on Asbestos

The persistent risk caused by exposure to asbestos has prompted the Canadian Cancer Society to call for a ban on asbestos . The society has rejected long-held federal policy on asbestos and asked it to stop the export of the fire-retarding mineral still being mined at Quebec. "The society be...

Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease

...his goal. The International Agency for Research on Cancer reclassified TCDD a group 1 carcinogen in 1997, a classification that also includes arsenic, asbestos and gamma radiation, according to background information in the study. The IOM's report is the seventh update in a series requested by the U.S. Dep...

Reglan Adverse Events More Than Doubled from 2006 to 2008

...uals who may have developed tardive dyskinesia after using Reglan, as well as those affected by mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer as a result of asbestos exposure; the Ortho Evra patch; digoxin toxicity from Digitek; primary pulmonary hypertension caused by Fen-Phen or “ herbal Fen Phen ;” t...

VA Awards $3.7 Million for New Hampshire Veterans Home

... Tilton, N.H., the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is awarding a grant of up to $3.7 million for upgrades there, including energy enhancements and asbestos abatement. The estimated cost of the project at the State Veterans Home in Tilton is $5.7 million, with VA's grant covering 65 percent of the tot...

Avandia Attorney Says Study Based on 'Useless Trick Science'

...e country. The firm is composed of outstanding trial attorneys with decades of experience handling cases involving pharmaceutical liability , asbestos exposure , intellectual property , business litigation , product liability , toxic exposure and maritime law . For more inform...

Prometheus Presents Proprietary Oncology Diagnostic Platform at ASCO Annual Meeting

...ng cancer; and ProOnc Mesothelioma Dx (sold as miRview(TM) meso outside the U.S.), a test to differentiate mesothelioma, a cancer connected to asbestos exposure, from other carcinomas in the lung and pleura. The Company acquired exclusive U.S. rights to the three tests from Rosett...

Oklahoma Passes Comprehensive Tort Reform: Governor Brad Henry Signs Reform Legislation

...tizens of other states from engaging in "litigation tourism"; a redefinition of the term "frivolous lawsuit"; junk science and expert witness reforms; asbestos and silica reform; caps on noneconomic damages except in cases of severe disfigurement and reckless disregard; gun manufacturer liability protection; ...

New Cancer Treatment Achieves First Mesothelioma Success

...col's success against several other very aggressive cancers. The first mesothelioma patient is a woman in her late forties who was exposed to asbestos in childhood. When her cancer was diagnosed in 2008, it already had filled most of the chest space where her right lung had been. She received the app...

Analysis of FDA Adverse Events Data Reveals at Least 106 Serious Conditions Reported Among Reglan Users

...ls who may have developed tardive dyskinesia after using Reglan, as well as those affected by mesothelioma , asbestosis or lung cancer as a result of asbestos exposure; the Ortho Evra patch; digoxin toxicity from Digitek; pulmonary hypertension caused by Fen-Phen; the Composix Kugel mesh hernia patch; renal ...

Asbestos Judges, Attorneys Holding Judicial Forum June 3

...neys from around the country handling thousands of asbestos lawsuits will gather in New York on June 3 for a c...litigation and fostering a better understanding of asbestos trusts. The program - entitled the "Judicial ... of Cooney & Conway of Chicago, both prominent asbestos plaintiff attorneys. Selection of the defense chai...

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...ntry and a daily blog where the latest research on asbestos and mesothelioma is reported on. Disclaimer: ...cognized law firm that represents individuals with asbestos and mesothelioma claims, as well as victims of cri...d their families. Partner Jordan Fox is a renowned asbestos and mesothelioma attorney who has been named to th...

Coalition of Business, Labor, Academia and Bioscience Groups to Promote Medical Innovation, Spark Economic Growth

...ees (AFSCME) - Local # 1607 and # 640 American Postal Workers Union (APWU) - Southern Delaware Area ANP Technologies asbestos Workers - Local #42 AstraZeneca Building & Construction Trades Council of Delaware AFL-CIO Christiana Care Healt...