New Study Defines Peritoneal Mesothelioma Risk Factors
Most workers know that certain industries and occupations are prone to asbestos exposure – those working in asbestos abatement, for example, experience an increased risk of contracting an...
View ArticleIndictment: Demolition Men Used Untrained Inmates to Improperly Remove Asbestos
A New Jersey grand injury indicted Frank J. Rizzo, 53, Michael Kouvaras, 59, and their company, Deuteron Capital, for using untrained workers, including members of a nearby halfway house, to improperly...
View ArticleFormer Miners Suffering Despite Strict Health Laws
In our last blog, we talked about how mining officials avoided reporting dangerous air conditions inside their mines. Now we will discuss how these oversights destroyed lives. We have long known that...
View ArticleNew Hope for Asbestos Disaster Area
Asbestos nearly destroyed the town of Libby, Montana. To date, more than 400 people have died from asbestos exposure, and more than 1,700 have fallen ill. In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleInternational Scientists Unite to Ban Asbestos Worldwide
More than 150 international organizations called for a worldwide ban on asbestos mining, use and export. The Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology, which includes health groups from...
View ArticleCanadian Asbestos Mine Set to Reopen
On Monday we discussed an international effort to completely ban the mining, use and export of asbestos around the world. This push for an asbestos-free marketplace arrived soon after the Canadian...
View ArticleNew Jersey Man Sentenced For Releasing Asbestos into Schools, Homes, Day Care
William Muzzio Jr. was arrested for removing asbestos from 36 locations without the proper license. According to law enforcement, he released toxic materials in 10 of those locations. He illegally...
View ArticleDeceased Shipyard Worker’s Mesothelioma Case Advances
Between 1978 and 2004, Leo Macias worked at Todd Shipyards in Seattle as a tool keeper. He cleaned equipment used by his coworkers, who often worked with asbestos. Throughout the day, Macias would...
View ArticlePrison Sentence for Man Who Used Homeless to Remove Asbestos
We have written in the past about landlords and construction managers cutting corners when removing asbestos. One unlicensed asbestos remover falsified documents to undercut his competition, and...
View ArticleAsbestos in Prisons
Earlier this week we wrote about James Fogle, an author with a troubled past who passed away in prison. Health officials believe that some of his prison labors, including working with steam fitted...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Catastrophic Effects of Toxic Asbestos Town
In the 1950s, Wittenoom was the largest town in Australia’s Pilbara region, fueled by the mining industry. Now, there are eight people living there, and the Australian government is working on...
View ArticleNational Mesothelioma Awareness Day: September 26
In recent decades, American industries have made considerable progress in removing asbestos from old buildings and phasing it out of new projects. Unfortunately, the effects of asbestos exposure in...
View Article46 Asbestos Violations for San Antonio and Florida Contractors
Seven contractors worked together to remove asbestos from the Reserve at Pecan Valley apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),...
View ArticleWorkers Skirt Asbestos Laws, Receive Prison Sentences
Dan Fillers, David Wood and James Mathis were demolishing an old textile mill in Chattanooga, Tenn. that contained asbestos. Fillers owned the property, Wood was his employee and Mathis served as a...
View ArticleStrict Standards For Contaminated Montana Town
Earlier this year, we wrote about Libby, Montana, and the asbestos manufacturing industry that ultimately led to the EPA state of emergency classification that still hangs over the small town. Cleanup...
View ArticleAsbestos Key Factor in Massachusetts Senate Race
The Massachusetts Senate race between Senator Scott Brown, the Republican incumbent, and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren may hinge on one candidate’s questionable history with asbestos...
View ArticleYet Another Danger for Sandy Survivors: Asbestos Exposure
Hurricane Sandy killed dozens, left millions without power and caused catastrophic damage to roads, buildings and property. Experts are warning that survivors have yet another threat to deal with, on...
View ArticleAsbestos Attorneys to Libby Cleanup Officials: Plan Carefully
When crumbled and released into the air, asbestos particles can cause considerable harm to lungs, often resulting in types of lung cancer like mesothelioma. Companies and contractors must carefully...
View ArticlePennsylvania Town with Abandoned Asbestos Factory Receives Mesothelioma Grant
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a grant to several research and education institutions in Pennsylvania to educate citizens about the disastrous health effects of asbestos exposure. The...
View ArticleAsbestos Attorneys Oppose Proposed Asbestos Legislation
When workers become ill because their jobs expose them to asbestos, they have the right to file claims against employers (and manufacturers, and other negligent parties) for failing to warn workers...
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