Research scientists have been exploring the use of biomarkers as diagnostic tools to detect malignant pleural mesothelioma.   A biomarker is a specific physical trait used to measure the effects or progress of a disease. A validated biomarker can diagnose the presence of a disease and perhaps aid in its treatment. A recent study shows that [...]

Although Flintkote has gone bankrupt because of asbestos-related lawsuits, public health officials in Fremont, CA are asking former employees to report about any potential impacts they have had from asbestos exposure. 
Between 1967 and 1979, Flintkote workers were exposed to low levels of asbestos, according to the Federal Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry. The [...]

 
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network is sponsoring a Fight Back Express, a shrink-wrapped bus (no kidding!) that is moving across the country until Nov. 4 to raise awareness about cancer, including mesothelioma. 
Community residents get a chance at each stop to write their own messages about cancer, using the black marker on the side [...]

The attorneys at Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason urge their clients, friends and the general public to participate in this effort toward greater education and awareness about mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases:
Two Illinois Women on Personal Crusade to Ban Asbestos
It’s all about awareness, according to Lacey Caraway and her mother, Janet Graeff, who are on a [...]

This is the story of a 7 year Mesothelioma survivor, James O’Connor, after receiving the depressing  diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma was given less than one year to live by his doctors. Told to spend his last days vacationing with his wife and to call hospice he chose differently.  Not wanting to accept the  prognosis and live [...]

A man in Tennessee and a nurse in Ohio are suing defendant corporations for contracting mesothelioma through second-hand exposure to asbestos fibers brought home on family members’ clothing.
In Tennessee, the Supreme Court allowed Doug Satterfield, an asbestos worker at Alcoa Inc., to sue the company after his daughter Amanda died of mesothelioma in 2005 at [...]

Support Groups Help Ease The Pain For Families and Victims of Mesothelioma
Two sisters in the UK have set up a support group for victims of mesothelioma and their families. Diane McLellan and Lynne Squibb formed Hampshire Asbestos Support and Awareness Group. Their 72 year old father, Dave Salisbury, died from lung cancer caused by asbestos [...]

Talc has asbestos like qualities, watch the video to learn about products that contain talc and why they are harmful to you.

 The city of Chicago wants to buy the campus of Michael Reese Hospital to construct a $1.1 billion Olympic Village for the 2016 event it has landed. Mesothelioma attorneys, knowing the hazards of asbestos removal, wonder if the city can borrow the $85 million to start construction.  The biggest obstacle is contamination of the site.
Borrowing [...]

Carl Mortenson has filed a 13-count lawsuit against some 100 companies for not taking precautions in his exposure to asbestos during his years as a laborer for Southern Pacific Railroad, in the U.S. Navy from 1949 until 1984 and as a laborer in the construction industry for some 15 years with Northrop Grumman.
Mortenson is seeking [...]