Blog Posts in April, 2011
Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Since 1932, Hangar One at Moffett Field in California has dominated the skyline. Originally built to house the airship USS Macon, Hangar One served for years as a home to NASA spaceships. Nearly 200 ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Is your hotel room safe from asbestos? For most hotel rooms, yes; however, for the Frisco Holiday Inn in Summit County, Colorado, the answer is a terrifying no. Despite the fact that the owner and ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Bryan Fears
In Buffalo, New York, Sean P. Doctor used to be best known for his short-lived time as the Bills fullback. Unfortunately, the Buffalo community now knows him for the felony charge he now faces: ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Detroit, Michigan has fallen on hard times. For many, the city’s once-famed, now-decrepit train station, Michigan Central, has come to embody the city and the state. To the joy of many Detroit ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Asbestos-containing light fixtures are holding up much-needed renovations of a NYC school. The fixtures, which contain hazardous levels of PCB chemicals, are insulated with asbestos; removing the ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Over the years, thousands of workers have successfully sued their former employers for exposing them to asbestos, a dangerous and lethal carcinogen. This kind of exposure – occupational exposure – is ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Bryan Fears
According to a recent study in Environmental Health Perspectives, between 1994 and 2008 more than 200,000 people worldwide developed malignant mesothelioma, a result of asbestos exposure. Although the ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Bryan Fears
A February 2008 inspection by the City of Milwaukee’s Department of Neighborhood Services determined that Amana Hospitality LLC, the general contractor on a hotel remodeling project, instructed ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Bryan Fears
One of the most difficult questions an asbestos patient faces is whether to undergo radical surgical options such as extrapleural pneumonectomy. A recent study by Dr. David J. Sugarbaker of Brigham ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Billy Ray Cyrus, the musician made famous by the hit “Achy Breaky Heart,” has now joined the ranks of people who support asbestos victims and laws that completely prohibit the use of asbestos. Billy ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center have concluded that more than twenty million Americans are at risk of developing malignant mesothelioma. In a March publication of the Journal of ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Arthur Nutt, a retired homebuilder from the United Kingdom, died recently from asbestosis, a fatal disease caused by asbestos exposure. For nearly thirty years, Mr. Nutt built and remodeled homes and ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2011 By Bryan Fears
In the first quarter of 2011 more than 150 litigants have filed asbestos lawsuits in state court in Madison County, Illinois. The majority, 117, were mesothelioma claims, 30 alleged lung cancer and ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Bryan Fears
When Hewlett-Packard Co. began remodeling its Corvallis, Oregon campus last summer it didn’t anticipate that it would break the law. However, that’s exactly what happened. According to the Oregon ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Scientists at the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine have enrolled the first patient in Phase 2 of clinical trials for ADI-PEG 20, an experimental enzyme-based therapy that doctors and ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Bryan Fears
A Newport News, Virginia jury sided with Rubert “Bert” Minton, now 72, holding the international energy giant responsible for the shipyard worker’s terminal and very painful mesothelioma. During his ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Exposure to aerosolized asbestos fibers is harmful and dangerous to your lungs. In its most deadly form, this exposure can result in mesothelioma or lung cancer. Often as a precursor to these lethal ...
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