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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

Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by occupation in a diverse workforce

April 13, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Objective: We sought to characterize detailed patterns of mesothelioma and asbestosis incidence in the workforce as part of an occupational disease surveillance program in Ontario, Canada. Methods: The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) cohort was established using workers' compensation claims data and includes 2.18 million workers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Exposure, Facts, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestosis, mesothelioma

Survival of patients with asbestosis can be assessed by risk-predicting models

March 8, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Objectives: Our aim was to investigate the pulmonary function test (PFT) results of patients with asbestosis and determine whether baseline PFTs and the risk-predicting models such as gender, age and physiologic (GAP) variables model and composite physiologic index (CPI) would be useful in predicting survival in these patients. Methods: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestosis, Medicine Tagged With: asbestosis

Asbestos inhalation poses cancer risks to workers and consumers

April 16, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

The processing and use of asbestos-containing diaphragms by the chlor-alkali industry poses an unreasonable risk to the health of workers, the US Environmental Protection Agency concludes in a draft risk evaluation. The assessment, released March 30, also finds unreasonable risks to workers and consumers who process or use asbestos-containing sheet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Exposure, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos dust, asbestos-containing products, asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma

EPA finds asbestos poses cancer risks for workers, reigniting calls for ban

April 10, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that [ asbestos dust ] poses an unreasonable risk of [ lung cancer and mesothelioma ] to both workers and consumers who inhale it, ramping up pressure on the agency to ban the substance. In a draft risk assessment published this week, the EPA said that workers who inhale [ asbestos dust ] … [Read more...]

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

Montana Supreme Court: BNSF Not Shielded from Liability in Libby Asbestos Cases

March 26, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

In a unanimous decision, the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday determined that BNSF Railway Company is not shielded from liability for its role in spreading [ asbestos dust ] in the Northwest Montana town of Libby, where hundreds of people have died and thousands more are sick due to exposure. Facing hundreds of asbestos-related damage claims … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestosis, Exposure, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos-related cancer, asbestos-related diseases, law, legal, Libby

A Most Reckless Proposal — A Plan to Continue Asbestos Use in the United States

August 8, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

Each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die often painful, protracted deaths from diseases caused by asbestos. These deaths occur in firefighters, police officers, construction workers, miners, military veterans, shipyard workers, and maintenance workers whose exposures to asbestos are primarily occupational. Death also occurs in partners and children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Lawsuits, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos-related cancer, asbestos-related diseases, asbestosis, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

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