LegalView recently alerted residents of several small towns in the state of Vermont to alarming reports that asbestos waste from a closed mine may have been used in road and driveway construction across the area. Asbestos has been linked to the development of an incurable form of cancer known as mesothelioma.
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Albania Deleon, age 39, owner of Environmental Compliance Training in Methuen, MA was convicted on Wednesday after she provided “hundreds” of illegal immigrants with fake certificates and sent them out to various asbestos abatement jobs.
Deleon allegedly failed to properly train the individuals and sold them false certifications before sending them out to conduct asbestos removal [...]
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FURNESS mesothelioma campaigners have welcomed yesterday’s High Court ruling that insurance companies must not avoid their liabilities to victims of asbestos.
In a landmark test case the union Unite has successfully defended the rights of asbestos victims from insurers’ attempts to avoid paying out.
Barrow has the highest incidence of mesothelioma in men in England due to [...]
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With all the lawyer ads on mesothelioma it is easy to overlook some of the strides that are being made in the treatment of this asbestos related cancer. Clinical trials now underway are investigating a number of “targeting drugs”.
http://pensacola.injuryboard.com/toxic-substances/mesothelioma-treatment.aspx?googleid=251500
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Newly elected Democratic Vice President Joe Biden has opposed a bill
which would have reduced the number of lawsuits victims of
asbestos-related disease could file.
Biden, the longtime Senator from Delaware, along with Democratic
constituents, opposed a bill which would have replaced thousands of
individual lawsuits with a trust fund for asbestos victims. Critics of
the bill argued that the measure [...]
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IntroductionMesotheliomas are rare tumors that usually are seen in the pleura after asbestos exposure. Mesotheliomas have been reported around the testicular region but are even rarer following trauma, herniorrhaphy and long term hydrocele.
http://7thspace.com/headlines/297749/malignant_mesothelioma_of_the_tunica_vaginalis_of_the_testis_without_exposure_to_asbestosa_case_report.html
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A Wigan gran who lost her husband to asbestosis has backed safety watchdog warnings that the killer disease is far from history.
http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Asbestos-killing-us-says-gran.4695559.jp
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West Palm mesothelioma attorney, Susan Ramsey, announces another asbestos lawsuit filed. Plant worker states secondary exposure to airborne asbestos fibers is responsible for mesothelioma diagnosis.
http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2008/11/13/florida-mesothelioma-cancer-lawyer-wisconsin-man-files-asbestos-cancer-lawsuit_20081113378.html
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The incidence rate of mesothelioma has steadily increased over the last several decades, but according to new research, cases of mesothelioma in the United States might be declining.
http://www.asbestos.com/news/2008/11/13/new-mesothelioma-incidence-rate-study-shows-decline-in-cases/
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