KLAS-TV, NV - 18 hours ago… makes the 283-mile trip from El Torro, California several times a month to receive a new treatment for the malignant lung-related disease, mesothelioma. …
Source: www.klastv.com
Hospital dust proved fatal
Barking and Dagenham Post, UK - Aug 9, 2006Rodney Brown, 61, maintained the heating system at Guys Hospital in Lambeth and later developed mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer. …
Source: www.bdpost.co.uk
Asbestos to be banned in Ghana?
Public Agenda, Ghana - Aug 14, 2006… Exposure to asbestos has been linked to several deadly diseases including asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma; in Britain these three diseases constitute …
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
An advertising model that does not click
Financial Times, UK - Jul 30, 2006… term asbestosis in a US search engine, then clicked on one of the adverts placed by a lawyer trawling for clients among the ranks of mesothelioma victims …
Source: www.ft.com
Mesothelioma Compensation Bill receives Royal Assent
Workplace Law Network (subscription), UK - Jul 28, 2006The Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has announced that the Compensation Bill for mesothelioma victims has received Royal Assent. …
Source: www.workplacelaw.net
Daily Star - Asbestos was used commonly until the 1970s in insulation and fireproofing material. Inhalation of the tiny asbestos fibers can cause lung diseases such as asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer. But it can take years, even decades for symptoms of
Source: www.thedailystar.com
Nye, Hugh Todd, Sr.
Chattanoogan - Hugh Todd Nye Sr., 77, of Chattanooga, died on Monday, July 31, 2006, at his home with his family by his side after a courageous battle with mesothelioma. Born in Scottsboro, Al., on June 27, 1929, he was the son of the late Harold E. Nye Sr. and
Source: www.chattanoogan.com
I-Team: Lead Paint Settlement Funds Misappropriated
News Channel 10 - A spokesman for Brigham and Women’s said, “we got a call from Motley Rice attorney Don Migliori and said we’d be receiving $1.5 million from the DuPont case and the money was to be donated to our mesothelioma program.” The I-Team has learned that
Source: www.turnto10.com
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation , the national nonprofit dedicated to eradicating mesothelioma as a life-ending disease, announced today two historic victories in federal research funding to combat the deadly asbestos-related cancer.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
‘Don’t let it happen here’ (IC Croydon)
A GRIEVING daughter has added her support to a campaign against plans for an asbestos transfer station in Benfleet. Pauline Emerick, who lost her mother Lucy Gray to asbestos-related disease mesothelioma in 1997, contacted the Yellow Advertiser after reading our front page story three weeks ago.
Source: icessex.icnetwork.co.uk
Google Breaks More Ground In Advertising (The New York Sun)
Whenever someone goes to the Google Web site and searches for “mesothelioma,” Google Inc. receives $50 from each of the law firms and other advertisers that pay to guarantee their ads appear next to the search results. The price for this “key word” for a form of asbestos cancer is the highest paid to Google by advertisers. While Google’s system of matching “key words”with content and its
Source: www.nysun.com
Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Mondaq)
We recently reported on the controversial House of Lords decision which significantly reduced the potential liabilities of employers and their insurers for mesothelioma claims resulting from asbestos exposure: Barker v Corus (UK) plc.
Source: www.mondaq.com
