Once a doctor has diagnosed you with mesothelioma or any other asbestos-related disease, you may want to look at compensation options. To do so, you need to work out where the asbestos exposure occurred. It may be obvious to you. Perhaps you once had a job where you…
Month: July 2021
How can you tell if you have mesothelioma?
If you have worked with asbestos in the past, you may worry about having mesothelioma. Perhaps a former colleague has been diagnosed with it, or maybe you know someone that died from it. While there is no cure for mesothelioma, that does not mean you should take a…
How much asbestos exposure is too much?
If you are at risk of coming into contact with asbestos or may have done so in the past, you may be wondering if you will develop mesothelioma. Similarly, if someone in your family has developed mesothelioma despite working in conditions with little of the mineral,…
Community risks from improper asbestos abatement
Asbestos remediation is a very important process. It helps protect the owners and occupants of a building from chemical exposure that could have serious long-term health consequences. It also makes that building more sustainable for long-term human use. Proper…
A new drug almost doubles how long mesothelioma patients survive
Mesothelioma is an aggressive and usually fatal form of cancer. Often associated with asbestos exposure, mesothelioma takes decades to develop but can claim someone’s life in a matter of years after their diagnosis. Currently, researchers are in the early…
Contractor may have exposed schoolchildren to asbestos
A Louisiana asbestos inspector turned out to be a con artist, duping the school board that hired him out of thousands of dollars, but, more alarmingly, may have exposed hundreds of the district’s schoolchildren to asbestos. Marc Victoriano, 46, of Covington, was…