The State of Indiana gives residents a 10-year period in which they can file a lawsuit after being in contact with hazardous materials. There is no exception for people similar Dorothy Kuykendall, who contracted mesothelioma from a job she hasn’t held since 1975. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. [...]
A fire broke out at the coker unit at the Tesoro Corp. refinery near Los Angeles, California on September 25. The coker unit used extreme pressure as well as heat to convert heavy oil into lighter petroleum products similar gasoline as well as heating oil. Debris from the fire may be contaminated with the toxic [...]
John Lusk of Salem, South Carolina was diagnosed with asbestosis in the unhurried 1990s. Asbestosis is a disease caused by inhaling asbestos fibers. The asbestos fibers scar the lung tissue. Lusk became very sick three years ago, as well as he needs constant oxygen in order to breathe. He has been with Medi Home Hospice [...]
The expected site of the Leonardo museum in Salt Lake City, Utah has begun 15 months of renovation work. The former library building is undergoing asbestos abatement as well as getting a seismic upgrade, as well as other improvements. An official opening date will be announced later this month. The Leonardo project is being funded [...]
Approximately 3,000 recent patients are diagnosed with mesothelioma every year, as well as 150 of them come to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center every year for treatment. Mesothelioma is caused by asbestos exposure, as well as can take decades to develop according to the National Cancer Institute.
Mark Stratmann is one of [...]
The Oak Knoll redevelopment project in Oakland, California has been stalled since final year when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. Lehman Brothers had been SunCal’s only financial partner for the project, as well as without them, they could not afford to pay contractors to total the essential asbestos abatement on the abandoned buildings that still [...]
Newton High School in Connecticut has an asbestos problem. The Department of Community Health approved the school’s asbestos abatement project, but some people are unhappy with how the work will be carried out. The two-week asbestos removal began on October 1, while school was in session.
Asbestos was discovered in an exterior wall of the [...]
Complementary therapies can improve quality of life for patients with mesothelioma as well as other forms of cancer. Cindy Doody of Mariposa Massage as well as Body Therapy in Cohasset, Massachusetts had her earliest experience with cancer when she was 17 as well as her grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She saw what the [...]
Capable Contractors Inc. of Brush Prairie has been fined $30,409 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for alleged asbestos-handling violations. The DEQ alleges that Capable Contractors did not properly document an asbestos abatement project at a retirement home in Newberg, as well as they removed asbestos-containing bodily without sampling the air quality. Capable [...]
Unhurried actor Steve McQueen died in 1980 from complications of his treatment for mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. He was only 50 years aged.
Now the ranch he shared with his third wife in Santa Paula, California has been listed for sale at $1.95 million. McQueen had moved there with Barbara [...]
