Despite the constant media attention throughout the past two decades, there is still quite a bit of confusion surrounding the impact of asbestos. To those who have not yet been affected by it, asbestos is a nondescript source of danger found in who-knows-where. Most people know it can be found in older homes, and some [...]
In 1989 a game-changing EPA-driven asbestos ban—‘Asbestos Ban and Phase Out’—outlawed nearly every use of asbestos in the United States. But that wasn’t the end of America’s asbestos crisis: Today the use of asbestos in the U.S. is still going strong –and is quite legal. Though a relatively limited participant in worldwide asbestos use, U.S. [...]
Earlier this month, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed the FACT Act, a bill that could mean bad news for asbestos victims. The bill is now headed to the House floor for further consideration. What does this mean for mesothelioma and asbestos victims? It means that the rights of those harmed by asbestos to pursue [...]
If your father was a WWII Navy veteran, you might have heard his stories about adapting to seasickness on a submarine: As a sailor moved deeper toward the Engine Room his nausea got worse because the human inner ear cannot balance such intense double-rocking. Only as an afterthought, he might have mentioned dusting off his [...]
