Month: November 2011

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulators and W.R. Grace & Co. executives are reportedly scrambling to come up with a plan to stop further contamination of several Montana rivers after EPA tests showed that many of the waterways contain dangerous levels of...

Earlier this week, we wrote about the increasing awareness of the risk of mesothelioma as a result of exposure to erionite, a mineral that is found in the soil of at least 12 states in the western U.S. Recently, officials with the federal National Institute for...

Last month, we wrote about a mineral that was recently proven to be much more carcinogenic to people who were exposed to it than asbestos and asbestos products. However, many people were, and still are unaware of the dangers of exposure to the mineral, causing an...

Knowing what we now know about the dangers of asbestos exposure, it seems pretty unbelievable that asbestos were widely used in construction, plumbing, and several other industries within just the last 50 years, causing high instances of mesothelioma among former...

Mesothelioma is a serious cancer that attacks the ultra thin membrane that lines the chest and abdomen. Mesothelioma is caused by long term exposure to asbestos fibers that are breathed into the body. The most common type of the cancer is Malignant Pleural...

In 1995, a former employee of CSX Transportation Inc. signed a release agreement which discharged the company from all liability for injuries or diseases he acquired as a result of being exposed to asbestos during his employment with the company. In exchange for...

More than a dozen potential witnesses to an asbestos lawsuit may not be able to testify after the presiding judge ruled that a letter sent to those witnesses by the plaintiff's attorney was an "unfair and improper tactic." Now, the prejudicial effect of that letter on...