Month: August 2011

According to an Australian newspaper, mesothelioma is on the rise among Australian women. Although the exact cause for the increase is unknown, officials with Australia's Asbestos Diseases Foundation believe that the growing popularity of do-it-yourself home...

Although medical researchers made the connection between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma many years ago, there is still relatively little that is known about the deadly disease. This is why, although mesothelioma generally takes several decades to develop following...

Earlier this month, we wrote about a $2.4 million verdict that was awarded to a former Navy veteran who had developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos throughout his decade of service on Navy ships. Now, another former naval shipyard employee has been...

In June, we wrote about a confusing series of legal battles between the city of Belleville, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Attorney General, an excavation company, and various other groups and individuals regarding a building that was...

Before Frank Bender became a forensic sculptor and an invaluable asset to several Philadelphia-area police agencies, and before he became a savior to the families of murder victims who had gone years without answers, he was a member of the United States Navy who spent...

When companies make the decision to expand their business, or even when prospective homeowners decide to buy or build a home, the process of determining and discovering what used to be in that space, and whether any potentially harmful activity took place there, can...