The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is leading a charge on the Pentagon budget for money to fund meso research. Their reasoning is simple: according to a Capitol Hill newsletter, “…at least one-third of the people suffering from mesothelioma - a lethal form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure — have either been in the Navy [...]
In the United States, the rate of fatality among mesothelioma patients is two to three thousand a year. The UK nearly matches that rate: British mesothelioma deaths occur at the rate of about 2,000 per year. In both countries it has been established that family members of individuals who have been repeatedly exposed to asbestos [...]
Mesothelioma is a particularly aggressive form of cancer that in more than four out of five cases attacks the lungs. It has become a well-known disease over the last three decades because it is most often caused by exposure to asbestos and because of its lethal nature. Perhaps the most unusual property affecting the link [...]
A San Francisco jury has awarded a $20 million damages verdict to a woman who was exposed to asbestos while working with her husband in their home remodeling business. Mrs. Joan Mahoney was awarded the judgment after suing a number of defendants including Georgia Pacific, the corporation who produced a joint compound that contained asbestos [...]
