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The U.S. banned asbestos, but its health impact will still be felt for decades

April 3, 2024 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

A new rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency this week puts an end to the use of asbestos, a known carcinogen, in the United States. But researchers caution that we’ll likely still be dealing with the mineral’s public health harms for decades. The recently announced ban covers all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile asbestos, … [Read more...]

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

Lung cancer related to onboard asbestos exposure common among naval veterans

December 26, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Compared with army and air force veterans in the U.K. and Australia, naval veterans more frequently had lung cancers linked to asbestos exposure, according to results published in Scientific Reports. “Asbestos-related diseases are still around,” Richard T. Gun, MBBS, of the school of public health at The University of Adelaide in Australia, told … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos cancer, asbestos exposure, lung cancer, naval veterans, navy vessels

Occupational exposure to cosmetic talc and mesothelioma in barbers, hairdressers, and cosmetologists: A systematic review of the epidemiology

August 22, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Inhalation exposure to cosmetic talc has generated much scientific debate regarding its potential as a risk factor for mesothelioma, a rare, but fatal cancer. Barbers, hairdressers, and cosmetologists have regularly used cosmetic talc-containing products, but the collective epidemiological evidence for mesothelioma in these occupations has yet to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos cancer, asbestos exposure, asbestos-infused talc, mesothelioma, talcum powder

Manufactured doubt and the EPA 2020 chrysotile asbestos risk assessment

June 14, 2023 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

While all forms of asbestos have been determined to be carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as well as other authoritative bodies, the relative carcinogenic potency of chrysotile continues to be argued, largely in the context of toxic tort litigation. Relatively few epidemiologic studies have investigated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos cancer, asbestos dust, asbestos exposure, asbestos fibers, asbestosis, mesothelioma

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

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

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

Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Construction Workers

January 25, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Notwithstanding the ban in 1992, asbestos exposure for workers in the construction sector in Italy remains a concern. The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics of malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases recorded by the Italian registry (ReNaM) among construction workers. Incident mesothelioma cases with a definite asbestos exposure … [Read more...]

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

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