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Does the Presence of Asbestos-Containing Materials in Buildings Post-construction and Before Demolition Have an Impact on the Exposure to Occupants in Non-occupational Settings?

May 10, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Abstract This narrative review aims to determine if asbestos-containing materials in buildings pose a hazard to building occupants in non-occupational settings. This paper is limited to the post-construction and pre-demolition stages of a building. The researchers selected 19 studies from the 126 studies screened, concerning exposure to asbestos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos fibers

EPA Asks for More Public Input on Asbestos After ProPublica and Others Reveal New Information

March 31, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

The Environmental Protection Agency took an unusual step last week: It opened a new period in which the public can comment on its proposed asbestos ban. The agency had gotten new information, officials said, including a series of ProPublica reports on dangerous working conditions in factories that use asbestos to make chlorine. Asbestos has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, chrysotile asbestos

Cancer patient asks court to end Georgia-Pacific asbestos bankruptcy

February 21, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

A cancer patient on Friday asked a U.S. bankruptcy court to dismiss the long-running bankruptcy of a Georgia-Pacific subsidiary, arguing that [ this Bestwall bankruptcy ] serves no purpose other than to prevent asbestos-related lawsuits from proceeding in other courts. The [ Bestwall bankruptcy ] case began in 2017, when Georgia-Pacific, a unit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, mesothelioma lawsuits

Pleural Mesothelioma: A Rapid Evolution of an Indolent Disease

January 31, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Mesothelioma is a rare and insidious neoplasm and is characterized by its highly malignant and aggressive nature. The most common etiology is asbestos exposure, but there are some reports without known asbestos exposure and other factors leading to malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Here, we present the case of a 58-year-old woman with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos exposure, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, pleural mesothelioma

Avon Hit With $40 Million Verdict in California Talc Lawsuit

December 30, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Avon Products Inc. was ordered [ in a California talc lawsuit ] to pay $10.3 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed her cancer on talc in its cosmetics, in the first such case the company has lost in US litigation. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury that punished Avon Friday for hiding the risks that some of its talc-based powders … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos lawsuits, asbestos-infused talc, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talc

Asbestos — two to three times more deadly than known

December 5, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

“Clouds of dust were falling on us at every blow of the truncheon, but at that time we knew nothing about asbestos,” recalled Jesús Ropero Calcerrada, a 73-year-old man who was tasked with scraping asbestos from railway carriages during his working life in Beasáin, in the Basque country in Spain. He and others were not offered any protection from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos cancer, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma

They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence

October 31, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Henry Saenz remembers when he first learned what even the tiniest bit of asbestos could do to his body. He was working at a chemical plant where employees used [ asbestos for chlorine production ], and his coworkers warned him about what could happen each time he took a breath: Tiny fibers, invisible to the eye, could enter his nose and mouth and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, mesothelioma

The silent malignant mesothelioma epidemic: a call to action

September 9, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Malignant mesothelioma, recognised as a new disease in the 1950s, is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure and usually diagnosed decades after first exposure. The disease was initially restricted to asbestos workers, but diagnoses after non-occupational [ asbestos exposure ] continue to surge. Despite the acknowledgment by WHO and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos cancer, asbestos exposure, chrysotile asbestos, mesothelioma

J&J, 2-stepping through talc litigation, faces fresh claims it hid workers’ asbestos exposure

May 24, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Johnson & Johnson’s yearslong talc litigation saga has taken an unexpected turn. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan this week denied J&J’s bid to block a lawsuit accusing the company of hiding evidence that its industrial talc operations exposed workers to asbestos, Bloomberg first reported. Decades back, J&J owned the talc mine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos-infused talc, talc

Unexplained Pleural Effusion Leads to the Revelation of a Malignant Mesothelioma: A Case Report

May 4, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Abstract:  Malignant mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that usually affects subjects with prior asbestos exposure, a major risk factor that has been widely known as carcinogenic, and its use is now controlled if not banned in many areas of the world. Malignant mesothelioma originates from mesothelial surface cells covering the serous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos cancer, asbestos exposure, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, pleural effusions

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