Clapper, Patti, Schweizer and Mason

It is often the case that individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma or other asbestos related lung disease were actually exposed many years in the past from products or activities of corporations that have long since disappeared. Some have entered into bankruptcy and set up trusts for their asbestos related liabilities while others have merely been consumed [...]

A rally is planned outside the Today Show studio in New York City on Sunday, September 26, 2010 to bring awareness to Mesothelioma, a devastating illness that continues to inflict hardworking men and women who have been occupationally and environmentally exposed to asbestos.  Many of these workers are the same as those who have served [...]

Stanley Xu, owner and CEO of a Washington based real estate firm, Longwell Company, has been cited and fined for violating asbestos regulations by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.  The latest violation involves the removal of asbestos containing ceiling material from an apartment complex in Renton and Kent, Washington, near Seattle.  The [...]

Any school built before 1980 was very likely constructed with asbestos containing materials.  Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was used in thousands of construction products because of it was fire-proof, heat and erosion resistant, very durable, affordable and available.  Asbestos, now known to cause serious illness, such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, was [...]