February 28th is Rare Disease Day. This day is devoted to bringing awareness to rare diseases like mesothelioma. A ‘rare disease’ is defined as a disease that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. According to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) most...
Month: March 2019
Federal Court Orders the EPA to Require Reports on Asbestos Imports and Uses
District Court Judge Edward J. Chen’s decided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must require companies to report import and use of asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) filed the petition to...
Montana Sues Former Insurance Provider Over Libby Damages
The state of Montana and their former insurance company have asked the state Supreme Court to decide who’s liable for almost $100 million in damages for Libby asbestos victims. The state won a lawsuit in 2018 when the judge ruled National Indemnity Co. (NIC) was...
Hope Remains for a Ban on Asbestos in the United States
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has been fighting to ban asbestos in the United States since 2004. Recently, Congress delayed the vote on ADAO’s Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN). We are approaching the New Year; if Congress does not pass...
4 occupations at high risk for asbestos exposure
Asbestos victims endure a lot of pain and suffering. Unfortunately, the signs and symptoms of their asbestos-related illnesses can show up when it's already too late. However, some are more likely to work in hazardous environments where asbestos dwells, like manual...
Are Mesothelioma Patients Getting Younger?
The typical mesothelioma patient is presumed to the elderly due to the lengthiest of latency periods of any form of cancer, specifically two to five decades. The average age of those living with this deadly form of cancer is in the sixties. Pleural mesothelioma alone...
Asbestos in Classic Cars
There is nothing quite like getting your hands on the car of your dreams. What if the car of your dreams was filled with unknown dangers to hobbyists? Classic cars often contain many old parts that need replacing that contain asbestos. Tinkering on that classic car of...
Landmark Achievements for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act
2019 was a year of impressive progress for The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 (ARBAN). About a year ago, the bill was introduced. All that remains is for the U.S. House to pass ARBAN, setting the stage for it to go to the Senate where it is expected to...
Amazon Pulls Children’s Makeup Kit from Site after Asbestos Found
Asbestos was found in eye shadow in a children's makeup kit, according to lab tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group. It was found that every gram of the eye shadow in the Princess Girl's All-in-One Deluxe Makeup Palette tested contained more than 4...
First Responders and 9/11 Victims Receiving Asbestos-Related Illness Diagnoses
Most of us will never forget the events that took place on September 11th, 2001. Every Patriot Day, we remember those who lost their lives that day. For those living through the events of 9/11, the trauma is still not over. Asbestos-related illness has a latency...
