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Vaccine For Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma Found To Be Safe

Friday, March 5th, 2010

A new vaccine to prevent mesothelioma, a cancer linked to asbestos exposure, is being researched in the Netherlands. This is very exciting news. Even better, it appears to be safe and effective.
According to a public release, “Possible vaccine for mesothelioma proven safe,” we get the following report:
Building upon their previous research which demonstrated that DC […]

Charest And Asbestos: First Hypocrisy, Now Outright Lies?

Friday, February 12th, 2010

In a February 10, 2010 letter to Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, 14 prominent Canadian physicians expressed outrage at Charest’s apparent false statements regarding the World Health Organization’s position on asbestos.
According to a quote in La Presse, Charest said, “Chrysotile (asbestos) can be used in a safe manner; this is what WHO reports say.”
Yet, as […]

EPA Fines Naval Station For Improper Asbestos Handling

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

In February of 2009 the United States Naval Station - Newport, Goel Services, Inc., and A. A. Asbestos Abatement Co., Inc. violated the Clean Air Act and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos (Asbestos NESHAP) while performing a demolition at a Newport, RI Naval Base. Now, the EPA is fining them […]

DuPont Implicated In The Asbestos-Related Death Of The Wife Of A Former Employee

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Ruby Neely died earlier this year due to the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. After her husband, Lively, worked for over 20 years at the DuPont plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee, she inhaled enough asbestos simply through her daily contact with him to give her the deadly disease. Lively also succumbed to an asbestos-related disease, and their […]

Smithsonian Settles With Former Employee Over Asbestosis Lawsuit

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Back in late March 2009, we reported on the denial of an asbestosis claim of former National Air and Space Museum employee, Richard Pullman.  After fighting the Smithsonian over an unsafe work environment due to improper management of asbestos, Pullman and the Smithsonian have reached a $233,000 agreement. 
After Pullman’s claim was denied in March, the […]

Large Asbestos Jury Verdict For Mesothelioma Victim Reversed By Florida Appeals Court

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

As we reported back in Spring of 2008, a Miami-Dade County jury found Honeywell International negligent for selling asbestos brakes awarding Stephen E. Guilder and his family almost $24.2 million.  Asbestos News Minute covered this story, as well.
Now, after Mr. Guilder’s death and over a year later, Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal has reversed […]

Estate Of Niagra Falls Plant Worker Awarded $2.25 Million In Asbestos Lawsuit

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Almost 4 years after his death, a worker from the Niagra Falls Hooker Chemical plant gained victory over Fisher Controls, a St. Louis-based supplier of industrial control valves.  The plant worker was diagnosed with mesothelioma after working on these valves for 18 years.  The valves contained gaskets made of asbestos.
Most disturbing is that the company […]

Major Asbestos Industrial Company Is Protagonist Of ‘Killer Company’

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Earlier this year, ABC Australia reporter Matt Peacock published his book Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed.  The book centers on James Hardie, a major industrial company responsible for numerous asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma.  Mesothelioma is painful, fatal, and has no cure.
Matt Peacock began investigating the company and its devious practices in 1977.  After years of research, […]

Family’s Case Is Settled After Six Year Battle Over Asbestos-related Death

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Earlier this month, the Satterfield family was finally successful in receiving a settlement after chasing ALCOA Aluminum for six years concerning the asbestos-related death of Amanda Satterfield, who was only 25 when she succumbed to mesothelioma.
Amanda’s father, Doug Satterfield, worked in an Alcoa plant from the time Amanda was a baby.  Each evening when returning […]

City of St. Louis Gets Away With Cheap Asbestos Removal

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Last fall, a federal judge ruled that the city of St. Louis violated federal clean air laws in an asbestos.  Recently, that same judge reversed herself, allowing the city to escape sanctions for violating federal law when it used the wet method of asbestos removal.
The City of St. Louis violated the U.S. Clean Air Act when it used the […]

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