Asbestos is banned in nearly 70 countries due to its link to mesothelioma and other forms of cancer. The United States remains absent from that list as importing continues, seemingly in direct defiance or outright ignorance of the countless fatalities caused by the...
Exposure to asbestos can cause cancer and other severe lung diseases. However, despite the high risks of asbestos, many workers still handle it to carry out their work duties in the United States. The chemical and heat resistant properties of asbestos make it useful...
Unlike other illnesses, mesothelioma has a long incubation period with easy to dismiss symptoms, especially as you age. Since there can be a long time between exposure to asbestos and a mesothelioma diagnosis, it can be challenging to know which exposure caused the...
In the past three decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the dangers of second-hand smoke. Many workplaces now have designated smoking areas, while some households banish smokers altogether. They know second-hand produces harmful effects to those who...
It is a disease that kills nearly 3,000 Americans each year and takes years to develop within its victims. Symptoms vary from fatigue and weight loss to coughing, shortness of breath and blood clots. While other illnesses lately seem to garner more attention, this one...
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...
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...
Despite millions of deaths and decades of litigation caused by exposure, asbestos is still legal in the United States. While the EPA tried to ban asbestos use in 1989, an industry appeal successful reversed than ban, and Congress has never issued an outright ban, due...
A New Jersey state jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $750 million in damages to plaintiffs who allege the company’s baby powder contributed to their cancer. The ruling reduced to $185 million due to state laws that cap punitive damages at five times the...
Leap Year Day 2020 is the rarest of all 24-hour periods in that it only occurs once every four years. Few, if any, days would be more appropriate for this year’s Rare Disease Day. A rare disease is defined as a medical condition affecting less than 200,000 people....
