Asbestos Prevention and Accountability: Why Federal Action Still Matters This November November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a good time to talk about asbestos. When the government bans a dangerous substance, most people assume the problem is handled. With asbestos, it isn’t. A ban on future use does nothing about insulation that went into a […]
People Want More Lung Cancer Screening for Nonsmokers
People Want More Lung Cancer Screening for Nonsmokers When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an older man smoking. But the face of lung cancer has changed. Over the past 15 years, more women, never smokers and younger people are being diagnosed with lung cancer. In fact, lung cancer […]
Why It Matters to Have a Local Lawyer Handle Your Mesothelioma Case
Why It Matters to Have a Local Lawyer Handle Your Mesothelioma Case If you worked in a mill around Pittsburgh, you probably don’t need to explain to someone from here what that work meant to your family. It was a paycheck, often a good one. It might have been where your father worked, or where […]
Compensation Types for an Asbestos Lawsuit
Compensation Types for an Asbestos Lawsuit For someone diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, the question of compensation is rarely just about a dollar amount. It may be about paying for treatment, replacing income, or making sure a spouse will have some financial security. Yet the language surrounding asbestos claims can make an already difficult situation […]
Filing A Wrongful Death Claim for Mesothelioma
Filing A Wrongful Death Claim for Mesothelioma When someone dies from mesothelioma, their family may be left with more than grief. They may also have questions about how the disease developed, where the asbestos exposure occurred, and whether the companies responsible can be held accountable. Families sometimes assume that the death of a loved one […]
Air Quality After 9/11 Suffered, Despite What New York City Officials Told Residents After the Attacks
Air Quality After 9/11 Suffered, Despite What New York City Officials Told Residents After the Attacks Last Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Since the attacks, many more people have died due to illnesses stemming from toxins released by the collapse of the towers. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s […]
Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2026 Gains Bipartisan Support in Washington
Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2026 Gains Bipartisan Support in Washington A renewed effort to ban commercial asbestos in the United States is moving through Washington with a development advocates have sought for years: bipartisan support in the Senate. On August 4, Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon introduced the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos […]
West Virginia Company Fined $500,000 and Given Two Years of Probation Over Illegal Asbestos Work
West Virginia Company Fined $500,000 and Given Two Years of Probation Over Illegal Asbestos Work A West Virginia company faces a $500,000 criminal fine and two years of probation in Michigan federal court for illegally demolishing a building known to contain asbestos. The company pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act’s asbestos work practice […]
The Synergistic Effect of Smoking and Asbestos Exposure
The Synergistic Effect of Smoking and Asbestos Exposure On their own, both asbestos and tobacco smoke are dangerous and can lead to lung cancer, but when someone is exposed to both over a long period of time, they work together to greatly increase someone’s risk of developing lung cancer. Cigarettes contain over 5,000 chemicals, many […]
Harrisburg School District Properly Handles Asbestos Abatement Prior to High School Demolition
Harrisburg School District Properly Handles Asbestos Abatement Prior to High School Demolition Crews are working through the final stage of asbestos abatement at the former William Penn High School building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the school district prepares to bring the structure this month. Harrisburg School District officials confirmed that internal asbestos removal has been […]