It may come as a surprise, but nearly 33% of all new mesothelioma diagnoses belong to U.S. veterans. While mesothelioma cases are spread across all…
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week: Is Asbestos Hiding in Your Home?
It’s scary enough to know that asbestos can cause deadly diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, and asbestos-related lung cancer. It’s even scarier to know that…
Global Asbestos Awareness Week: Occupations With High Risks of Asbestos Exposure
For decades now, asbestos has been waging a silent war on American laborers in all corners of industry, killing hundreds of thousands. Once hailed as…
Global Asbestos Awareness Week: Debunking the Myths About Asbestos
Most Americans know that asbestos is dangerous and deadly. But much of the information beyond that fact remains cloudy. Widespread myths can keep the public…
The First Week of April Is Global Asbestos Awareness Week — Here’s What to Know
The year 2020 marks the 16th annual Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW), which takes place between April 1 – April 7. For 15 consecutive years,…
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…