Mesothelioma News

Summer at Penn State is a season for many things, from making up the credits you late dropped to townies reclaiming theirA glory in downtown State College.

A poultry company will pay 152,000 to the widow of a handyman who died after years of repairing asbestos- laced chicken coops.

As anyone in the United States with a TV or Internet connection probably knows, lawyers want you if you've been exposed to asbestos, and they're paying to get you.

Heavy rain failed to dampen spirits at a community fun day which also helped raise awareness about a rare disease.

The Mesothelioma Resource Center is one of the largest online sources for information on the treatment and legal options surrounding mesothelioma.

A Melbourne, Fla., couple is suing 30 companies they claim are responsible for a malignant mesothelioma diagnosis.

Author's note: This story was inspired by a post by Meteor Blades. The names of the parties, as well as certain other details, have been changed for privacy, but the story is based on real events.

A Somerset woman is to get A 290,000 in compensation from Bristol Water following her husband's death from cancer caused by his contact with asbestos.

"Their donation honors the mesothelioma patients and their families who joined other cancer survivors in the Amgen Breakaway from Cancer Walk at the Dana Point Grand Prix of Cycling on The event on Sunday was the 6th annual Dana Point Grand Prix , which is recognized as one of America's premier one-day professional races and has quickly gained ... (more)

A Locals raised money for Mesothelioma research this weekend at the third annual Daffodil Tea.

A FORMER shipyard worker is appealing for former colleagues to come forward to help in his battle for compensation after being diagnosed with an asbestos-related cancer.

Because he inhaled dangerous fibers in New Mexico and not in Arizona, the widow of an Arizona man who died of lung disease cannot sue those whose design of a power plant may have made him ill, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.

Shocking new research reveals that a specific type of lung cancer many smokers develop comes from tiny tears in their lung tissue caused by microscopic glass fibers, also known as glass wool, found in many conventional cigarette filters.

The High Court has upheld a landmark verdict which found seven former James Hardie non-executive directors breached corporate law.

THE Health and Safety Executive's latest figures show 25 fatal workplace accidents happened during 2010-11, with thousands more dying from industrial illness such as asbestos related mesothelioma.

The Bega Valley Shire Council has hosed down concerns about its management of asbestos waste in the wake of a recent Sun Herald article that referred to asbestos contaminated mulch found at the Merimbula waste depot in September 2011 that was reported at the time in the News Weekly.

She is trekking 600 kilometres from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia's Goldfields to Perth with a small group of like-minded people to raise money for research into asbestos-related cancers, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis.

For a 211-year-old university, it's not surprising to know there is asbestos some of the buildings at the University of South Carolina.

Workers will be coming together around the world April 28 to commemorate the 23rd Annual Workers' Memorial Day and to fight for their right to a safe work environment.

Jason Fernandez was just 5-years-old in 1985, when his father, Tom, died from Mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer thought to be caused by exposure to asbestos.