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Pleural Mesothelioma: A Rapid Evolution of an Indolent Disease

January 20, 2023 By Thomas Lamb

Mesothelioma is a rare and insidious neoplasm and is characterized by its highly malignant and aggressive nature. The most common etiology is asbestos exposure, but there are some reports without known asbestos exposure and other factors leading to malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Here, we present the case of a 58-year-old woman with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, pleural mesothelioma

Avon Hit With $40 Million Verdict in California Talc Lawsuit

December 29, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Avon Products Inc. was ordered by a California jury to pay $10.3 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed her cancer on talc in its cosmetics, in the first such case the company has lost in US litigation. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury that punished Avon Friday for hiding the risks that some of its talc-based powders can cause … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, mesothelioma lawsuits

Asbestos — two to three times more deadly than known

November 23, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

"Clouds of dust were falling on us at every blow of the truncheon, but at that time we knew nothing about asbestos," recalled Jesús Ropero Calcerrada, a 73-year-old man who was tasked with scraping asbestos from railway carriages during his working life in Beasáin, in the Basque country in Spain. He and others were not offered any protection from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Facts, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma

They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence

October 28, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Henry Saenz remembers when he first learned what even the tiniest bit of asbestos could do to his body. He was working at a chemical plant where employees used the mineral to make chlorine, and his coworkers warned him about what could happen each time he took a breath: Tiny fibers, invisible to the eye, could enter his nose and mouth and settle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Exposure, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos dust, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, asbestos-related diseases, mesothelioma

The silent malignant mesothelioma epidemic: a call to action

September 6, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Malignant mesothelioma, recognised as a new disease in the 1950s, is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure and usually diagnosed decades after first exposure. The disease was initially restricted to asbestos workers, but diagnoses after non-occupational exposure continue to surge. Despite the acknowledgment by WHO and the International … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

Second Surgery for Recurrent Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma after Multimodality Treatment: A Systematic Review

June 30, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive asbestos-related tumour with poor prognosis. To date, a multimodality treatment, including chemotherapy and surgery, with or without radiotherapy, is the gold standard therapy for selected patients with epithelioid and early-stage MPM. In this setting, the goal of surgery is to achieve the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Medicine, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatments

J&J, 2-stepping through talc litigation, faces fresh claims it hid workers’ asbestos exposure

May 23, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Johnson & Johnson’s yearslong talc litigation saga has taken an unexpected turn. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan this week denied J&J’s bid to block a lawsuit [ in the talc litigation ] accusing the company of hiding evidence that its industrial talc operations exposed workers to asbestos, Bloomberg first reported. Decades back, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Exposure, Lawsuits, Talc Tagged With: asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc

EPA rule would finally ban asbestos, carcinogen still in use

April 7, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every year. The proposal marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled rules governing tens of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Facts, Law Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, chrysotile asbestos, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Construction Workers—Epidemiological Remarks by the Italian National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM)

January 21, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Notwithstanding the ban in 1992, asbestos exposure for workers in the construction sector in Italy remains a concern. The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics of malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases recorded by the Italian registry (ReNaM) among construction workers. Incident mesothelioma cases with a definite asbestos exposure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

Court upholds award to family of worker who died of asbestos exposure

August 17, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

The South Carolina Supreme Court [in August 2021] upheld a $16 million jury award to the family of a maintenance worker at a polyester fiber plant who died following years of asbestos exposure. Hystron Fibers Inc., owned by defendant CNA Holdings, hired Daniel Construction Co. in 1965 to build a plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. When the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, mesothelioma lawsuits

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