The dangers of asbestos are now well documented. Most people in the developed world assume that take of the cancer-causing fiber is banned, but that isn’t real. A recent report by a group of British investigative journalists documents found shocking levels of asbestos still in take throughout the developing world. Two million tons of asbestos [...]
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) recently presented Russell W. Budd, of law firm Baron & Budd, P.C., with the prestigious Harry M. Philo Award Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. Mr. Budd accepted the award on July 13, 2010 at the AAJ annual conference in Vancouver, BC.
Baron & Budd specializes in toxic tort reform, [...]
The annual Grayslake Relay For Life to benefit the American Cancer Society took place on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at Ball-shaped Lake High School, in Grayslake, Illinois. The all-night relay began at 6:00 pm as well as ended at 6:00 am on Sunday with a closing ceremony.
The event was bigger than ever this year [...]
Aduro BioTech, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company in Berkeley, California, recently announced two substantial recent patents that provide infringement protection of the “killed but metabolically active” (KBMA) Listeria platforms that make up the basis of company’s clinical research. Aduro’s live-attenuated Listeria vaccine platform has been shown to induce immune responses as well as to express exogenous [...]
The former Sears building at the corner of Tennessee Street as well as Wood Avenue in Florence, Alabama is being razed in preparation for expected development. Built in 1950, the building is in without money condition as well as loaded with asbestos as well as other toxic building materials. It has been empty as well [...]
Developer Michael J. Pinski as well as his employee James A. Mikrut pleaded not guilty recently in a Kanakee, Illinois federal court on charges of improper asbestos removal as well as illegal dumping of the toxic bodily. The men are accused of dumping the asbestos debris in Hopkins Park in August 2009, along with a [...]
Once the largest independently owned steel operation in the country, Youngstown Sheet & Tube closed its Brier Hill, Ohio operations in the unhurried 1970s. Now the building that headquartered the industrial company is coming down piece by piece, starting with the sandstone slab bearing the company name. Workers tore out the asbestos materials from inside [...]
Surgery has become a prominent method of treatment for mesthelioma, but it’s not a viable option for every mesothelioma patient. In some cases, the risk of the surgery may simply be too large given the patient’s health status.
Pleural mesothelioma surgery involves removing parts of the pleura as well as the lungs, but it can only [...]
As part of the cleanup effort in Libby, Montana, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been removing asbestos-contaminated soil from local properties as well as replacing it with uncluttered soil, but it appears they may possess made a mistake. Seven yards were filled with soil from a site the EPA had used as well as [...]
Federal funding from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program has been approved to tear down three schools in Taylor, Michigan. Monroe as well as Racho Elementary schools as well as Taylor Center High School will be razed to the ground after asbestos removal. Asbestos is a toxic substance that can cause humorless illnesses similar mesothelioma as well [...]
