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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Yesterday, shipbuilders in Scotland won a landmark court victory for asbestos victims, particularly patients who suffer from asbestos-induced pleural plaques. The British high court awarded more than ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By Bryan Fears
The University of Hawaii gave encouraging news to asbestos victims this week when it announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the University of Hawaii Cancer Center $4.3 million ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Reg Grimshaw, a British steelworker, died last year after an unexpected - and unexpectedly short - battle with mesothelioma. Exposed to asbestos fibers housed in pipe insulation at his workplace, ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By Bryan Fears
School administrators at PS 143 in Corona, Queens, New York, evacuated roughly 100 children last month after leaking water in the roof interrupted several teachers' lessons. Today, parents of ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Bryan Fears
McCombs Middle School unexpectedly closed on Wednesday after workers removed asbestos-based ceiling tiles on Wednesday during their reconstruction work. For parents in Des Moines, Iowa, with children ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Bryan Fears
This week, a demolition manager in East St. Louis, Illinois, and a developer in Kansas City, Missouri, admitted in separate federal cases to violating provisions of the Clean Air Act related to ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Bryan Fears
In May 2009, employees of the Medford School Department improperly disposed of asbestos tiling during reconstruction efforts at the Curtis Tufts Alternative School. Cleaning crews who were operating ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Citizens of Hobart, Oklahoma, are excited that their long-time Oklahoma National Guard armory will get a new lease on life as a county jail, bringing much needed jobs to the rural town. The state's ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Bryan Fears
From 1953 to 1977, Robert Russell worked as an automotive mechanic, service manager, and electrician in a small West Virginia town. He trusted his employer and the people who manufactured the goods ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Unfortunately for mesothelioma patients, researchers announced today that the results are in - and very disappointing - for the largest study ever conducted for advanced malignant pleural ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Business groups in Louisiana unveiled a $70,000 ad-buy this week in which they argue for limits on civil lawsuits, particularly lawsuits associated with asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma. ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Today is Mesothelioma Awareness Day. How will you recognize this important reminder that thousands of Americans die as a result of asbestos-related diseases every year? In Alton, Illinois, runners and ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Bryan Fears
The New York company that exposed its workers to asbestos - the lethal carcinogen "fell like snow" on unprotected workers, according to court documents - has finally received its just, criminal ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Wisconsin-based construction company J. P. Cullen & Sons wrote a $25,000 check (in addition to attorney fees and court costs) for their multiple violations of state law this week. Incredibly, J. ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Bryan Fears
A group of researchers at Brown University published new research this week in the science journal Nature Nanotechnology that sheds new light on why asbestos fibers cause incurable cancers such as ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Late last week a U.S. District Court sentenced Albania Deleon, the owner of Environmental Compliance Training and Methuen Staffing, to seven years in prison and civil fines in excess of $1.5 million. ...
Continue reading "Asbestos Training and Removal Firms Commits Fraud, Endanger Thousands" »
Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Bryan Fears
For years, W.R. Grace owned and operated one of the largest - and, today, most infamous - asbestos vermiculite mines in the country. Located in Libby, Montana, the mine not only produced asbestos for ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Inclement weather, national holidays, and teacher workdays are the typical reasons kids get a day off from school. For students at Burke Elementary in Salem, Massachusetts, however, the unexpected ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Thomas M. Kenney, an asbestos victim living in St. Tammany Parish, made history in Louisiana this week when jurors awarded him $7.55 million for the injuries he sustained as a worker at two ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Bryan Fears
The 10 th anniversary of 9/11 has past, but memories of that horrible day are still fresh in the minds of many Americans. Adding to the awareness of 9/11 are recent revelations that several federal ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Bryan Fears
The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution is scheduled to hold a hearing today on "How Fraud and Abuse in the Asbestos Compensation System Affect Victims, Jobs, the Economy, and ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Bryan Fears
In the United Kingdom, more than 500,000 buildings contain asbestos, a lethal carcinogen that causes such incurable diseases as asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Increasingly, a new ...
Continue reading "Plight of British Workers Points the Way for Americans" »
Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Bryan Fears
With the ten year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaching, many Americans are mindful of 9/11 victims, their families, and the public servants - police officers and firefighters - whose lives were ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Two employees of the District of Columbia's Department of the Environment were arrested late last week on allegations that they accepted $20,000 in bribes to turn the other way when presented with ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Bryan Fears
What do 129 employees of the East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) have in common? Answer: They may have all been exposed to asbestos, a lethal carcinogen that causes such terminal illnesses as ...
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