The year 2020 marks the 16th annual Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW), which takes place between April 1 – April 7. For 15 consecutive years,…
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Coronavirus Attacks Lungs, Vaping Weakens Them
One simple way people can protect their health during the coronavirus pandemic may be to stop vaping. At the end of March, the Director of…
Lying Kills: Truth In the Era of the Coronavirus
In the coming years, lessons will be drawn from the actions taken (or not taken) by those in power during the coronavirus pandemic. Although the…
Asbestos Detected in Nearly 20 Percent of Popular Cosmetics Tested by FDA
Asbestos-tainted talc. We hear about it in the news seemingly on a daily basis: Talc lawsuit verdicts totaling in the millions of dollars, teens being…
Johnson & Johnson Loses First Talc Trial in Florida, Ordered to Pay Mesothelioma Survivor $9 Million
A Florida woman claimed that her mesothelioma was the result of using Johnson & Johnson’s talc products that were tainted with asbestos. The company denied…
Congress Told EPA to Regulate Toxic Chemicals 3 Years Ago — Why Is America Still Waiting?
In 2016, Congress came together to amend the 50-year-old chemical safety laws. The passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Act, as the bill became known,…
Jury Hits J&J With $750 Million in Punitive Damages Over Handling of Talc in Mesothelioma Lawsuit — Judge to Reduce Penalty to $187 Million
In 2019, a New Jersey jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay $37.3 Million to 4 plaintiffs who attributed their mesothelioma to the company’s…
Report: J&J ‘Rigged’ Talc Testing Results to Hide Presence of Asbestos
Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) talc-based Baby Powder has now been on trial for years. Across dozens of court cases, the argument remains the same: Plaintiff…
Seventh Philly School in a Year Closes After Asbestos Hazard
Yet another Philadelphia school has been closed due to fears of asbestos contamination. Hopkinson Elementary, a K-8 school with more than 850 students, closed its…