Personal Injury Law

Have Some Asbestos With Your Aspirin

Posted on April 12, 2009
So asbestos is everywhere.  And now JoongAng Daily, a Korean news website reports that in addition to baby powders and cosmetics that have been found to contain talc contaminated with asbestos, drugs too may carry asbestos.   Pharmaceutical companies whose names have not been released have voluntarily halted sales of seven drugs, including antibiotics, antacids and hemostatic powder [...

CDC Report in JAMA: Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 65 Years

Posted on April 08, 2009
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and other diseases after a latency of 10-40 years from initial exposure to onset of illness. Asbestos still is used in the United States in certain products manufactured domestically. In addition, an undocumented amount of asbestos continues to be imported in products manufactured elsewhere and a substantial amount of [...

What To Expect in US Asbestos Litigation in 2009

Posted on April 06, 2009
Watch Tom Lamb’s Asbestos News Minute. Watch for commentary of current asbestos litigation statistics including the number of asbestos cases filed in 2008, how many went to trial with a jury verdict, and average payments.   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fasbestoshub...

Asbestos In The American History Museum

Posted on April 05, 2009
Contractors working on renovation of the National Museum of American History in 2007 failed to take precautions while removing insulation, according to members of a steamfitters union local. A Smithsonian spokeswoman said they immediately corrected procedures and turned off fans...

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New X-Ray Technology to Aid in Asbestos Disease Diagnosis

Posted on March 31, 2009
Some interesting stuff coming out of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Conference held in California over the weekend (end of March 2009). Fox News reports that Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, co-director of the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers announced the use of a new technology to aid in the diagnosis of asbestos-related lung disease...

Air and Space Museum Employee?s Asbestosis Claim Denied

Posted on March 29, 2009
House Administration Committee Chairman Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.) said he would hold a hearing to investigate health-and-safety allegations regarding the handling of asbestos at the Smithsonian Institution. The hearing is to investigate “dangerous workplace conditions” at the Smithsonian after The Washington Post’s article about a worker who contends that his work on asbestos-containing walls at the [...

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