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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...
On-Base Housing For Military families: Source For Causing Mesothelioma
Military members have been working with asbestos for decades. Exposure to asbestos dust has contributed to 1/3 of veterans developing cancer, including about 10% who develop mesothelioma. The disease still in search of a cure is an aggressive and rare type of cancer...
Mesothelioma Treatment Options Courtesy of a Household Spice
While the quest continues towards a still elusive cure for mesothelioma, identifying effective treatments to minimize the effects of the deadly disease continues. Recent data from seven studies revealed promising results. In a published review, The International...
Are U.S. Industries Still Using Asbestos?
In the 1970s, the public in the United States began understanding the health risks associated with asbestos, which industry had known for almost 100 years. Until the late 1970s, asbestos was used in countless products across the world. While we often associate...
Understanding Asbestosis
Asbestos exposure is so often linked to the development cancer, particularly mesothelioma. However, it is also the cause of another disease, asbestosis. How do you get asbestosis? Asbestosis is typically caused by a long period of exposure to asbestos. When fibers of...
How to Address Asbestos in the Home
Asbestos, a fibrous material, is often in buildings made between the 1930s and 1980s. It was used in building materials such as concrete, plaster, electrical pieces, roofing, siding, vinyl flooring and ceilings. Today, it can still appear in homes and buildings, but...
Legislation Headed to Congress to Help COVID-19 Victims Against Credit Lenders
Many Americans have filed for unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many who are still working are also having difficulty making ends meet. Predatory lenders are using this time to take advantage of those seeking financial assistance. Americans with mortgages,...
