As our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers have reported recently on the Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog, parents and state officials have become more active in their efforts to eliminate asbestos from hindering our children. Schools in Medford, Haverhill and North Reading have been in the news in recent months either for improperly removing…
In recent months, officials have been looking into the fact that wood chips distributed from the Libby, Montana, area may have been tainted with the same asbestos that has caused illness and death across the country. As our Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog highlighted for several months during the summer, environment officials…
President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to look into why many critical medications are in short supply, The New York Times is reporting. The newspaper says that medicines used to treat life-threatening illnesses, including cancer and bacterial infections, are in…
A recent article by Surviving Mesothelioma suggests that women may have a better chance of coping with the cancer than their male counterparts. Peritoneal mesothelioma affects the lining of the abdomen and can affect major organs, such as the colon, stomach, pancreas, liver and intestines. The cancer can cause the…
The Eagle-Tribune is reporting that parents are putting the pressure on school officials in Haverhill to build a new middle school after it was revealed that there are issues with asbestos at the school. Asbestos exposure in Massachusetts, even for a short period of time, can lead to lifelong consequences.…
The Maine Campus, student newspaper of the University of Maine, is reporting that a heated public debate erupted recently over a proposal to triple the amount of waste a landfill there would be authorized to accept. Residents were understandably upset that officials were considering accepting up to 32 million cubic…
Medford officials may want to start taking asbestos exposure more seriously. As The Medford Transcript recently reported, the Medford Police Department has ignored for years the health risks associated with exposed asbestos, which was found in its building years ago. Boston mesothelioma lawyers have noticed the department’s safety issues and…
A former railroad employee has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois Central Railroad after being exposed to asbestos when he worked there between 1953 and 1991, The Madison Record reports. Railroads are among the industries that regularly used asbestos for years in its trains, on its tracks and in many…
Both pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma in Boston and worldwide has been linked to asbestos, research shows. Pleural mesothelioma is the most common type of mesothelioma, making up two-thirds of cases, according to the Mesothelioma Center. Pleura are the membranes that surround the lungs and chest. While this form of…
A recent case out of Australia highlights the prevalence of asbestos worldwide in years past. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a 42-year-old man was recently awarded $2 million after developing mesothelioma by playing in asbestos dust at an orphanage there. In the early 1970s, when researchers were studying asbestos…