Showing posts with label Lung cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lung cancer. Show all posts
Friday, October 20, 2023

New EPA Rule Will Lighten the Burden of Proving an Asbestos-Related Disease Claim

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In many occupational asbestos claims, it has been challenging to establish that asbestos fiber was used in the workplace. That will soon cha...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Fourteen Attorney Generals Criticizes EPA for Failing to Protect Americans from Asbestos, a Long-Known Dangerous Carcinogen

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, leading a coalition of 14 attorneys general, in...
Friday, March 29, 2019

NJ Legislature Bans Asbestos

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Both houses of the New Jersey Legislature has made history by passing a bill to ban the sale of asbestos products in the State. The legi...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

US Lawmakers Urged EPA to Investigate Talc Products

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Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici today pressed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for answers follo...
Friday, August 17, 2018

US EPA Still Not Banning Asbestos

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The US EPA is about to approve 15 uses for asbestos , a known carcinogen. This action is consistent with the Trump Administration's ef...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Asbestos and Mold in Schools: Paterson NJ Safety Officer Claims Mishandling

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The presence of asbestos and mold in schools and the potential exposure of students and employees has been a major health concern for decade...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

US Workers Continue to be Exposed to Asbestos

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Asbestos Insulation Asbestos is not banned in the US and continues to be a cause of deadly disease to workers.  Asbestos , a deadly subs...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Pleural mesothelioma reported in a school teacher: asbestos exposure due to DAS paste

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The hazardous legacy exposures of school children and art teachers to  materials containing asbestos fiber, ie. Fibro Clay, and its causal ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

New staging of mesothelioma tumors may predict outcome

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A recent study indicates that a new physician staging processes by weight and volume of mesothelioma tumors may be helpful in predicting out...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Senator Patrick Leahy Calls For Greater Transparency by Asbestos Companies

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Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee Hearing on “The Need for Transparency in the Asbestos Trusts” To...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Demolition of Paterson NJ Armory Highlights Present Danger of Asbestos

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The emergency demolition of the decades old Paterson NJ Armory, an historic site, highlights that asbestos , a known carcinogen, remains a h...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Asbestos in Children's Toys

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It has been reported that certain children's toys contain asbestos fiber. Asbestos is a known cancer producing substance.Today's ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Asbestos: The Silent Epidemic Continues

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The asbestos epidemic continues and there remains no safe use for the asbestos, as exposure remains the cause of asbestosis, lung cancer a...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

IMIG 2014: Dr. Robert Weinberg speaks on Cancer Stem Cell Targeting Therapies

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Dr. Weinberg focused on the importance of cancer stem cells in mesothelioma . The concept of a stem cell origin of cancer was first des...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

IMIG 2014: Dr. Ravi Salgia presents “From Chaos to Mitochondrial Functionality”

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Dr. Salgia summarized efforts from his group to bring mathematical modeling to the study of malignant mesothelioma and how the rules of ...
Monday, October 27, 2014

IMIG 2014: New Molecules and New Therapies – Advancing Mesothelioma Carehttp://imig.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fennell.jpg

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Keynote, Dean Fennell presents on treatment developments for mesothelioma Click here to watch Dean Fennell Related articles Consequenc...

IMIG: Dr. Constantine Alifrangis Speaks on Next Generation Sequencing in Mesothelioma

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Dr. Constantine Alifrangis focused on the study of cancer genomes and how it might be used to identify new treatments and individualize c...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Asbestos likely more widespread than previously thought

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Naturally occurring asbestos minerals may be more widespread than previously thought, with newly discovered sources now identified within th...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Court Orders Travelers Insurance to Pay $500 Million Asbestos Settlement

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Today's post is shared from the wsj.com Travelers Cos . reported an 18% decline in second-quarter operating profit as insurance claims...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

County Building Set for Demolition Contains Asbestos

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Asbestos Sign Todays post is shared from emissourian.com An asbestos review on a county-owned building that will be torn down found so...