About ten years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare, genetic disease that even my treating physician wasn’t aware of until my diagnosis.  Due to the rarity of the illness, I felt very much alone in trying to find information on ways of managing it as well as getting support.    Mesothelioma, a cancer in [...]

Throughout its history, the Asbestos Industry has protected its interests through a number of trade groups reflecting various segments of asbestos production and manufacturing.    These include the Asbestos Textile Institute, the Brake Lining Manufacturers Association, the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association, the Friction Materials Standards Institute, the Asbestos Information Association, the Asbestosis Research Council, and [...]

Many of our clients who contract mesothelioma were unaware of the hazards of breathing asbestos during the time when they were exposed. Many clients report that they only first heard of the hazards associated with breathing asbestos in the late 1980s or 1990s, through the media, or when someone they knew contracted an asbestos-related disease.
This [...]

Pneumo Abex LLC is a holding company and is what remains of its predecessor, The Abex Corporation. For most of this century, the Abex Corporation has been one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing brake lining material utilized on a variety of vehicles from light trucks and cars to railroad trains and just [...]

Certain vintage radios used to contain asbestos. This sheet of asbestos was attached inside the radio chassis and was purported to protect the wooden cabinet against heat damage caused by the radio tubes.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral that was widely used in a variety of industries due to its highly  fire and heat [...]

The one established cause of mesothelioma in the United States is exposure to asbestos. Cigarette smoking has nothing to do with causing mesothelioma with one exception. Between 1952 and 1956 one cigarette company in the United States manufactured filtered cigarettes using asbestos in the filter.
The technology came from World War II gas mask filtration. However, [...]

When clients hear the diagnosis “mesothelioma” and are asked by their doctor,  “Were you ever exposed to asbestos?” the client often responds, “Not that I know of.”   Many times, our clients do not know if they have been exposed to asbestos because many products were made with asbestos but the people using them did not [...]

The incidence of mesothelioma continues to rise through out the world.  Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that forms in the lining of the lungs, heart and abdomen.  The primary risk factor for mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos.  Despite this known and scientifically proven fact, the use of asbestos still continues in developing countries, without any [...]

A recently published report from Taiwan points out that the burden of mesothelioma is still high and possibly growing in developing countries where the importation and use of asbestos continues. 
Although many health and medical organizations have and continue to call for the total ban on the mining and use of all forms of asbestos, the [...]

If you or anyone you know has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you are in the middle of a very difficult time.  The process from the time that symptoms were first noticed, to initial doctor visits, to further testing to finally being given a diagnosis is often long and with challenges. 
One thing that occurs is that [...]