Companies that expose their workers or even their customers to unsafe levels of dangerous substances often try to deny their wrongdoing. They may at first deny that they caused exposure, and then they later deny that the exposure would result in any health issues....
asbestos
Were your family members victimized by secondhand asbestos exposure?
You worked hard all your life to support your family. The jobs you worked were labor-intensive and exposed you to the dangerous asbestos microfibers that infiltrated your lungs. Now, decades after working the jobs that exposed you, you’re diagnosed with mesothelioma....
Companies try to avoid liability for asbestos-related diseases
Mesothelioma is a devastating form of cancer. Although there is no cure for this cancer that attacks the organ linings, there are treatments available to slow its spread and reduce the symptoms it causes. Those treatments can cause someone hundreds of thousands of...
Who might come into contact with asbestos in cars?
The automotive industry was once a primary source of asbestos in this country. Vehicles manufactured since 1970 don’t have asbestos in the components, but any that were made prior to them may contain this hazardous substance. This means that classic car collectors and...
Is there asbestos in the water you’re using?
By now, it’s pretty clear that asbestos is bad for you. There’s literally no “safe” level of exposure to the material, which is why its use was largely eliminated from commercial products in the United States and strictly regulated where it can still be used. It may...
Textile workers face greater risk of mesothelioma
Millions of American workers in manufacturing plants and mills have been exposed to asbestos over several decades. Textile workers were among those who regularly swallowed or inhaled the toxic substance. A new study by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and...
Inadequate decontamination can put asbestos workers at risk
Asbestos was once commonly used in all sorts of products and buildings. However, with government acknowledgment of the risks asbestos carried for the workers exposed to it came increasingly strict restrictions on worker exposure. According to the Occupational Safety...
Secondary exposure to asbestos and the risk of cancer
Asbestos was once widely used in this country, especially in manufacturing, steel mills and other types of industrial settings. Over the years, a lot of blue collar workers have contracted mesothelioma and other medical conditions associated with asbestos exposure on...
Can you taste asbestos?
Those who suspect they may have to work around asbestos -- such as a renovation company that is tearing tile out of an old bathroom -- often look for ways to identifying it. They want to know what the fibers look like, how they were used in certain products, what...
Early reminder: The ghosts of holidays past may include asbestos
If you’re like a lot of other folks, you start digging out the holiday decorations early so that they can go up the first day of November -- just as soon as the Halloween decor is down. There’s only about six short weeks to get ready, so we’re taking this time to...
