Mixed results found in first trial targeting mutation in cancer patients
Researchers garnered mixed results in a trial targeting gene mutation seen in various tumor types.
Is asbestos still found in prisons? answers the attorneys at Cooney Conway
Mesothelioma Causes: Prisoners and prison employees may be at risk when asbestos guidelines are not followed.
How has asbestos affected professionals like dentists and artists?
Jewelers, dentists, artists and art students may have been exposed to asbestos through lost-wax casting, say mesothelioma lawyers.
I could have been exposed to asbestos through my hair dryer?
Asbestos has appeared in some surprising household items in the past.
Retired New York City subway cars get a second chance; asbestos concerns loom
Old subway cars have been used to create an artificial reef, but some worry about the dangers asbestos fibers from the cars could pose.
The Hidden Risk of Indirect Asbestos Exposure
Asbestos brought home on clothing, shoes can trigger mesothelioma in family members.
Asbestos Still a Leading Cause of Workplace Death
Mesothelioma cases in Canada show asbestos exposure is taking a big toll decades after dangers became known.
Mesothelioma Update: Massachusetts Project Cost Doubles As More Asbestos Found
08/26/2010 Quincy Massachusetts, (Mesothelioma News) The cost of a demolition project in Quincy, Mass.-part of a multimillion-dollar plan to construct a new concourse road through the city’s downtown-will more than double after greater-than-expected amounts of asbestos were found on the site. While Quincy will delay the project until all of the cancer-causing material is safely […]
Mesothelioma Update: 3rd Brother Faces Prison in Asbestos ‘Repeat Offender’ Case
Egregious asbestos violations—including dumping the cancer-causing material down a school drain—were a family affair, say prosecutors
After Asbestos Inspection Fraud, New York City Boosts Oversight
Regulators to keep closer eye on inspectors in effort to reduce risk of asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma
Nonprofit Executives Plead Not Guilty in Asbestos Exposure Case
Prosecutors say teenagers were ordered to remove cancer-causing material during job-training program.
Asbestos Mesothelioma Alert: Asbestos Removal – Oregon School District Fined
07/13/2010 Jefferson County, Oregon, Mesothelioma News – School District Fine Underscores Dangers- and Difficulties of – Asbestos Removal When Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) slapped a local school district with $33,000 in penalties, it seemed, at first glance, to be a sizable—if not earth-shattering—fine for shoddy renovation work. But the work involved asbestos removal […]