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Derelict barges and other watercraft have been an eyesore along the shores of the Petaluma River in California for decades but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is just now stepping in to clean some of the mess up for fear of waterway contamination.  The old hulks may still contain oil, diesel, and other hazardous fluids [...]

Amid concerns of possible asbestos exposure, employees at Bonner County Courthouse are concerned for their current and future health.  However, officials with various agencies have told them repeatedly there’s nothing to be worried about even though the vermiculite insulation in the building likely contains unsafe amounts of asbestos—a powerful carcinogen that can cause invariably lethal [...]

Ann Arbor, Michigan police officers are outraged at being exposed to unsafe levels of asbestos and radon at their base of operations in the basement of Ann Arbor City Hall.  In an email sent by the police union leader to the city’s safety manager, the level of fear that the officers experienced pertaining to the [...]

Lung cancer affects over 170,000 Americans on a yearly basis, making it the most common cancer and the most deadly with 80% of patients dying within 5 years of diagnosis.  The leading cause of lung cancer in the United States remains tobacco usage.
Current or past smokers have been estimated to make up as much as [...]

Mesothelioma is a fatal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.  With up to fifty years between exposure and development of mesothelioma symptoms, finding a better way to diagnose the deadly disease sooner is key to improving treatment options, quality of life, and possibly longevity for sufferers.
A new study conducted by a team of [...]

The New Jersey Supreme Court denied ExxonMobil’s appeal against the $7 million dollar award given to Bonnie Anderson, a former electrician, who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos from an Exxon refinery.
The company had appealed, claiming that the amount did not adequately fit within the limitations imposed on such awards.  However, the court refused [...]

New research by the University of Occupational and Environmental Health revealed some shocking figures about asbestos exposure and mesothelioma rates worldwide.  A study whose results were published in Environmental Health Perspectives showed that over 125 million people are regularly exposed to asbestos (a highly toxic carcinogen that causes lethal mesothelioma among other diseases) on a [...]

Minnesota Man Files Asbestos Lawsuit On Behalf of Deceased Father

Bruno Zager filed a wrongful death mesothelioma lawsuit on behalf his deceased father, Anthony Zager.  The lawsuit accuses ten companies of knowing the danger they were putting his father  in by exposing him to asbestos and still did nothing to protect him.
The elder Zager was [...]

Surgery as Treatment for Mesothelioma
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a relatively rare, but aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The standard treatments for mesothelioma are surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation, and usually a combination is used for most effective results.
Because mesothelioma is often not diagnosed until it has reached advanced stages, surgery is [...]

First hearing the news that you or a loved one has malignant mesothelioma, just as being given any diagnosis of incurable cancer, is devastating.  Shock is usually the first reaction, then there may be some denial (that the cancer is terminal) and anger (especially when you find out how the cancer could have been avoided [...]