Asbestos

The California Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the plaintiff in an asbestos-related lawsuit. In today’s post, we’ll discuss The Court’s opinion and how it could affect future products liability cases (not just those related to asbestos). In 2011, a California man sued his former employer, the Johns-Manville Corporation, for the asbestos exposure that [...]

After an environmental health and safety specialist was forced to resign after repeatedly raising concerns about the levels of asbestos on the Sonoma State campus, he is filing a lawsuit against the University, located in Northern California. The school admits that there is asbestos present in its buildings on campus, but deny that it poses [...]

Many Americans assume that Asbestos has been completely banned in the United States. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. The dangerous material is no longer mined/produced in the U.S., but it is still used in certain construction and industrial projects. In light of the fact that exposure to asbestos is known to cause deadly mesothelioma, why [...]

While many people think that asbestos exposure is a thing of the past, the dangerous carcinogen still poses a risk to workers and civilians when improperly removed from older homes and buildings. Recently, four Massachusetts-based companies agreed to pay $129,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing them of violating asbestos removal laws. Patriots Environmental owned three [...]

Asbestos use on ships puts Navy veterans and civilian workers at high risk for developing an asbestos-related disease in their lifetime. For those that worked in shipyards, where ships with asbestos-containing materials were built and deconstructed, the risk increases. Performing the assembly, maintenance, repair, and dismantling duties for U.S. Navy ships resulted in prolonged asbestos [...]

We recently wrote about the risk of asbestos exposure among workers in traditionally “blue-collar” jobs. Construction work, manufacturing and metalwork are just a few examples of jobs where individuals often worked alongside asbestos or worked with asbestos directly. A recent news story from the Pittsburgh area highlights the health problems some retired workers have already [...]

Join us in spreading asbestos awareness as Global Asbestos Awareness Week continues! Share this post on one of your social networks! As we continue to spread asbestos awareness alongside the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, we will touch on the third point that ADAO is choosing to focus on during Global Asbestos Awareness Week: increasing compliance [...]

Join us in spreading asbestos awareness as Global Asbestos Awareness Week continues! Share this post on one of your social networks! As Global Asbestos Awareness Week 2016 continues, we want to focus on the individuals who are often subjected to exposure for years on end. Those that work or have worked with and around asbestos [...]

Today, April 1, kicks off Global Asbestos Awareness Week, launched by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). You might remember us joining in the cause in previous years. In 2016, asbestos is still not banned in multiple countries across the globe. More attention needs to be placed on this deadly carcinogen or we risk losing [...]