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Talc: Uses and Dangers
Talc is in many of our modern-day products, often without us realizing it. However, today we know what the mines and manufacturers knew for 100 years, that the substance can pose serious health risks to consumers. Here are a few ways that talc may have entered your...
Climate Change Impacts Survival Rates of Malignant Mesothelioma Cancer Patient
Exposure to asbestos is a serious health risk that can result in malignant mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer known to be caused by working in an environment that contains carcinogens in the air from asbestos. People who work in factories, boiler rooms,...
How Flooding Leads to Asbestos Exposure
California is flood-prone because of its coastal lowland, high tides, storms and tsunamis. The state is becoming more at-risk, with wildfires that destroy fauna creating susceptibility to flash floods, and inadequate draining and significant areas of tar and concrete...
California’s Asbestos Hot Spots
Asbestos is a naturally occurring material that has historically been in many types of manufacturing and building. However, it is linked to a cancer called mesothelioma and asbestosis, a lung disease, and has been showing up in the American death rates significantly...
Treating Mesothelioma with Cryotherapy
Being diagnosed with mesothelioma is a devastating moment as a cure remains elusive. New and emerging treatments are introduced in the hope of successfully fighting this deadly form of cancer. In their quest to “crack the code,” researchers and medical professionals...
Discovery to today: the use of asbestos
Asbestos today is largely associated with mesothelioma, but it has been a long road to understanding the hazards of the material. From its discovery to remaining use today, we have been seeking to grasp the possible use and potential dangers. The discovery of asbestos...
Amazon Facility Sued for Putting Employees at Risk of COVID-19
A New York Amazon facility is being sued for putting workers, and their families at risk from lack of protections against COVID-19. A complaint was filed by three employees at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in New York. The claim says that the company put up a façade to meet...
Nursing Homes Putting Employees and Residents at Risk of COVID-19
Employees of a Rhode Island nursing home were told that a flu shot would protect them from the coronavirus where at least 60 residents were diagnosed and one died of the virus. In Ohio, a sick employee was told to keep working at a care facility despite their fever...
3 Statistics Asbestos Victims and Their Families Should Know
Late last year, a group of researchers from the Taussig Cancer Center in Cleveland published their findings on mesothelioma diagnosis and survival rates. The study reviews data from nearly 21,000 mesothelioma patients and reveals a few key details that mesothelioma...
Nursing Homes Declared “Death Camps” by Residents
Linda Mayberry, a resident in a southern California nursing home, took to the internet after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down normal life in much of the world. She began to notice that vulnerable residents were beginning to get sick despite health measures being in...
