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Knee Deep in Asbestos

When I was 17 old I started working at an asbestos mine in the Yukon. I had the excitement of youth and looked on the thing as a big adventure.The mine was located about 7 miles from the Alaska border on the banks of the Forty Mile River, which emptied... Read More

Does It Pay to Get a Mesothelioma Attorney?

Mesothelioma is a serious form of rare cancer. There is no known cure for mesothelioma cancer. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer you will no doubt have many questions and concerns and may have wondered if you need a mesothelioma attorney.Although the number of... Read More

Asbestos Killed My Husband

He was only a child when it begun -and he played as children do- in his yard with his toy cars and tip trucks But his sand was asbestos blue?In December 1999, my husband and I were walking home from a game of lawn bowls when I became aware of... Read More

Mesothelioma Cancer

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer involving mesothelial tissues of body organs usually lungs or abdominal. It is often caused by exposure to asbestos. However, there are 30-50% of patients without any history of asbestos exposure. People who have received asbestos exposure of as little as one or two months... Read More

Who is at Increased Risk For Developing Mesothelioma?

Since the late 1800's Asbestos has been mined and used commercially. The use of Asbestos dramatically increased during World War II and since the early 1940's millions of Americans have been exposed to asbestos dust working within industries where initally the risks were not known. There has been widespread exposure... Read More

How Is Mesothelioma Treated?

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. However, they may have been been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways. This could include working with asbestos or by home renovation using asbestos cement products or even by washing the clothes of... Read More

Mesothelioma - The Largest Man Made Epidemic

It is documented that Australia had the highest per capita use of asbestos in the world from the 1950's until the 1970's. As a tragic consequence, Australia now has the highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma in the world. With more than 500 Australians contracting mesothelioma per year, it is... Read More

Mesothelioma Book - Review

"Lean on Me" Cancer through a carer's eyes Lorraine Kember (2003) 130pp.ISBN 0 646 49969 6As Janet Craven, palliative care nurse, and Andrew Dean, palliative care physician note in their respective forwards to this book, Lean on Me is a unique and intensely personal description of a writer's responses to... Read More

What Is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma the medical name for cancer of the pleura (the lining of the lung and chest cavity) or cancer of the peritoneum (the lining of the abdomen). It is usually caused by prolonged or persistent exposure to asbestos.Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until between twenty and fifty years after... Read More

Beryllium The New Asbestos?

It was American workers on the world's first atomic bomb who became the first industrial victims of beryllium, a rare but especially light, stable and strong metal whose toxic dust can kill those who breathe it.Now Seafarers doing ship maintenance and have used Jasons De-rusting and de-scaling guns (also known... Read More

In The News:

Asbestos Cancer: Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer
Your Mesothelioma Web
... York City-based law firm that is a national leader in the fight for the rights of those stricken with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. ...
American Workers Still Exposed to Mesothelioma-Causing AsbestosMesotheliomaHelp.net (blog)
Widow's plea over husband's asbestos deathYorkshire Evening Post
Ohio Asbestos Notice: Demolition of old steel plant planned, asbestos removedMesothelioma Cancer News (press release)

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More mesothelima lawsuits based on second-hand exposure to asbestos
Mesothelioma Resource Center (press release)
September 8th, 2010 - More mesothelioma lawsuits are being filed based on claims of second-hand asbestos exposure by family members of people who worked in ...

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Seedol.com
Asbestos removed from New Jersey schools before students returned
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
Such exposure has been known to cause several diseases, including mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. Mesothelioma is a rare disease, known to form ...
Hundreds of companies named in separate asbestos mesothelioma lawsuitsMesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
18 Asbestos Mesothelioma Cancer Victims to Sue 147 CompaniesSeedol.com
Asbestos to be removed from former Allen-Morrison Corp. propertyMesothelioma.com

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British Contractors Fined for Asbestos Violations
Mesothelioma Web
Workers who inhale the fibers risk contracting serious lung disease. The most severe disease related to asbestos exposure is malignant mesothelioma, ...

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Asbestos Found In Kansas Prisons During Audit
Borri Law Mesothelioma News
... of this silicate material enter and become lodged in the lungs as well as other organs causing diseases like lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma. ...

Monica Yant Kinney: A forensic sculptor enjoys his last days
Philadelphia Inquirer
Nor did clubgoers know that the dancing fool suffers from pleural mesothelioma, asbestos cancer he traces to years spent in the engine room of a Navy ...

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Surviving Mesothelioma
For Select Mesothelioma Patients EPP Improves Survival
Surviving Mesothelioma
During an extrapleural pneumonectomy, the surgeon removes part of the parietal pleura, or lung lining, as well as part of the pericardium (lining around the ...

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GM's Bankruptcy Estate May Face Billions in Mesothelioma Claims
NewYorkInjuryNews (press release)
For years, GM brake linings contained asbestos—which has been scientifically linked to deadly diseases like lung cancer and mesothelioma, a nearly always ...

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AboutMesothelioma.net
Finding Variables that Predict Mesothelioma Patients' Chances
AboutMesothelioma.net
The incidence of mesothelioma has been increasing in many countries as a result of widespread use of asbestos during much of the 20th century. ...

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Mesothelioma Alert: Investigation Slams Asbestos Industry in Canada
NewYorkInjuryNews (press release)
... asbestos, increasing the risk that workers and others exposed to the material may develop asbestos-related diseases like lung cancer and mesothelioma, ...

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