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Builders throughout the United States used asbestos extensively for many decades. They thought of asbestos as a miracle fiber. It was tough, they could weave its fibers into cloth, and those fibers resisted both heat and fire. Accordingly, builders used asbestos in...

A mesothelioma diagnosis can be a grim thing. Doctors have not yet discovered a reliable cure to this rare cancer. They most often diagnose it only in the later stages when many of the most effective treatments are no longer viable. This means the disease is usually...

Researchers continue to look for new ways to treat mesothelioma. While most current treatments focus on slowing the disease and improving victims’ quality of life, scientists continue to hunt for a cure.One team recently announced a promising breakthrough that...

Every year, thousands of Americans learn they have mesothelioma. Most of them realize it only after the disease has progressed too far for surgery to be a viable option. This means their treatment largely consists of trying to slow the cancer’s progress to live...

Despite everything we know about the dangers of asbestos, companies worldwide still use the carcinogenic mineral in their products. Some of these companies may even have ties closer to home than most would expect.An analytic company recently released a report on the...

Recently, the residents of Asbestos, a town in Quebec, Canada, chose a new identity. Rather than allowing their town to continue being named after the hazardous mineral formerly mined there, they have chosen a free name from such negative connotations. Beginning...

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission recently approved temporary suspension of certain regulations that affect how solid waste and asbestos-containing materials are handled. These changes come in response to recent wildfires in the state that burned over...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That's the saying, but what can you do when it's too late to take most preventative measures?That's frequently the question mesothelioma victims must face. Every year, doctors diagnose roughly 3,000 Americans with...

A mesothelioma diagnosis is a shock to the system. It means coming to grips with the fact you or someone you love has cancer. But it also means struggling with more than the disease; it means struggling with the treatments, which do not come cheap.Cancer treatments...

At the beginning of October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug combination to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma that cannot be otherwise removed by surgery. This approval is the first the FDA has made for a mesothelioma drug treatment...