The Mesowatch Blog is designed to inform and empower victims of asbestos exposure. We cover recent news, lawsuits, trust claims, data reports and medical research involving asbestos-related lung cancer or mesothelioma caused by corporate negligence in the U.S. We are the leading resource for victims of asbestos-related illnesses looking for legal advice and analysis on landmark asbestos cases.
On January 20, a New York City jury awarded the largest single asbestos verdict — $75 million — to Marlena and Ed Robaey. Mrs. Robaey was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on her husband’s automotive parts during
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Asbestos was recently discovered on government land during preparation for construction of a school building in Australia. The soil containing asbestos was dumped in a children’s park. Children played on the mound of soil for days before the presence of asbestos was reported.
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Asbestos is banned in over fifty countries around the world. Canada now becomes the most recent country to announce plans to ban asbestos and it hopes to have this ban completely in place and effective by 2018. The World Health Organization confirmed that
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Despite President Donald Trump running his presidential campaign promising to “drain the swamp” in Washington by removing corporate influence, his cabinet nominations are made up of those directly involved in big business. Currently both the House of Representatives and the Senate are dominated
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Researchers from Romania have presented a case study in which they have argued on the importance of correct diagnosis of asbestos related cancers and also on the importance of lung biopsy as the key diagnostic procedure to distinguish asbestos related cancers. “Distinction between
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The Rotterdam Convention is an international United Nations treaty that lists many hazardous, banned, or severely restricted substances. The Convention dictates the way that its member countries must handle trade in these hazardous substances and it seeks to facilitate informed decision-making. Its goal
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The death toll is higher than previously estimated. According to new analyses by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) Action Fund, at least 12,000 to 15,000 people die from asbestos-related diseases in the United States each year. Why is the death toll greater than
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Americans hear the word “asbestos” and tend to think, “Oh, we don’t use that stuff anymore. Isn’t it illegal? I thought we got rid of it years ago!” Well, no. Though over fifty countries around the world have officially banned asbestos, the United
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Thousands of asbestos exposure victims depend on the protections provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to attend yearly checkups. President Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have vowed to repeal the ACA, reconciliation measures; making removal of the healthcare legislation easier has already
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The terrifying story out of Flint, Michigan, involving a toxic water supply that affected the health of an entire community immediately came to many minds when the recent story came out about contaminated public drinking water in a small town 40 miles southwest
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