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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

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

EPA rule would finally ban asbestos, carcinogen still in use

April 8, 2022 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

The Environmental Protection Agency [(EPA)] on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every year. The proposal marks a major expansion of [ Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA) ] regulation under a landmark 2016 law … [Read more...]

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

Appeals court reinstates suit by Solano County woman against Johnson & Johnson over baby powder

September 23, 2021 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

A state appeals court reinstated a lawsuit Tuesday by the widow of a Solano County man who died of cancer after using [ Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder ] for most of his life. A judge had dismissed the suit by Douglas Strobel and his wife, Jo Ann Strobel, saying their medical witnesses had no firsthand evidence that the talcum in [ Johnson … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos-infused talc, Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talcum powder

Court upholds award to family of worker who died of asbestos exposure

August 18, 2021 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

The South Carolina Supreme Court [in August 2021] upheld a $16 million jury award to the family of a maintenance worker at a polyester fiber plant who died following years of asbestos exposure. Hystron Fibers Inc., owned by defendant CNA Holdings, hired Daniel Construction Co. in 1965 to build a plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. When the … [Read more...]

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

Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

June 10, 2021 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Asbestos is a carcinogen associated with lung cancer, but few studies have examined the increased risk of lung cancer due to environmental asbestos exposure. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the association between environmental asbestos exposure and lung cancer. We searched for articles on non-occupational or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos cancer, asbestos exposure, lung cancer

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