Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer News: July, 2009
One in eight lung cancer patients had pleural plaques, a thickening of lung membranes due to asbestos exposure, according to a medical research paper released Monday. This paper was jointly released by 12 medical institutions in Japan.
Kane County, IL—The number of people who can bring suit against the steel manufacturing company Aurora Equipment Company has been limited by a state appellate court.
ROCHESTER, New York—Rochester Fire Chief John Caufield urged the city to take a portion of the $3.4 million budgeted for demolitions in 2009-2010 in order to conduct more board-ups instead, due to a spike in vacant structure fires last year.
Potsdam, NY—After a village employee contracted a rare form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure, the Potsdam civic center has been retested for the airborne toxin and found to be safe.
Eden, VT—Summer camp is one of the rituals of summer, but for hundreds of Boy Scouts in Vermont, it’s not going to happen this year, at least not at the Mount Norris Scout Reservation, which is located only three and a half miles from an abandoned asbestos mine.
Des Moines, IA—The largest fine ever assessed in an Iowa civil asbestos case has been levied against a prominent developer. Bob Knapp, who remodeled the historic Equitable building in downtown Des Moines and added some high-end condominiums to the property, has been accused of mishandling asbestos and charged with a $500,000 fine.
Areas of the Illinois Beach State Park made headlines in an asbestos contamination scandal when it was discovered that they had tested positive for the deadly fiber.
An announcement by officials reported that a hearing will be held today in order to deal with this deadly carcinogen contamination.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Standard treatments for the care of mesothelioma seemed to have failed to stop or slow the growth of the cancer, but the first mesothelioma patient treated with a new protocol has shown successful results. The results are early and show similarities to the investigative protocol’s success against several other aggressive cancers.
Telluride, CO—The courthouse in Colorado’s San Miguel County is scheduled to undergo asbestos abatement as part of a larger renovation program.
The building, which is an historic one, was originally built in 1885, but was nearly destroyed by a fire in 1887. Some of the bricks were salvaged and used in the construction of the current two-story courthouse building.
LOS ANGELES, California: During a single tour of duty, a United States Navy serviceman was exposed to asbestos in the early 1960s and has now been awarded $12.1 million by a LA County jury.
DES MOINES, IOWA—State officials have began an investigation in order to research possible asbestos exposure to visitors and workers from a Des Moines landmark building. The Equitable Building is nineteen stories high and is partly being renovated into luxury condos. Safety officials have begun research as to whether or not visitors and workers were unknowingly exposed to asbestos.
The Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund has been affected by the United States and global recessions. Trustees of the James Hardie Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund recently announced that they were unable to make lump-sum payments to victims of asbestos-related diseases because of the recession.
Australia—A remote Aboriginal community is undergoing asbestos clean-up, more than a month after it was reported that children had been using the cancer-causing material as chalk.
A new study, in which the affected area of a specific lung-cancer patient’s pleura is removed, has shown promising results in a Welwyn man.
In order to raise funds to replace a floor in an asbestos-contaminated gymnasium, a North Central Illinois school is being uniquely self-reliant.
CHARLESTON, West Virginia—City leaders are trying to figure out how to turn a 103-year-old railroad span into a bridge for hikers and bicyclists.
Fire blocks used in an old railroad trestles across the Kanawha River in West Virginia are problematic for Charleston officials. These fire blocks contain asbestos.
Startup, WA—The city of Startup requires nearly $6 million to replace its asbestos-containing water pipes, said city officials. The water piping system is about 60 years old and is crumbling across the district.
Startup city water commissioner Kate Roesler said that the pipes are so old and damages that they have actually become soft. “You could put your thumb through the pipes,” said Roesler.
A Wiltshire, England woman has won her claim against British Rail Engineering and will be receiving 64,000 British pounds in compensation for the loss of her father, a railway worker who was exposed to asbestos on the job.
Kazakhstan wrote a new page in their history books by holding the first public open debate last week in order to discuss the issue of chrysotile asbestos.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—The completion of the new United States Olympic headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado has faced several complications, and is being delayed, due to concerns about asbestos.
New York—The partial collapse of a building in New York City’s TriBeCa neighborhood on Thursday has some residents and health workers worried about asbestos exposure.
The building, at 71 Reade Street, was a five-story walkup that owners had intended to renovate, making it a boutique hotel. Once a historic structure, the property was vacant at the time of the collapse.
Asbestos has been a well known carcinogen for decades. Prior to the 1970s, it was used throughout infrastructures because of its chemical, heat, and electric resistance. In the early 1970s, industrial manufacturers halted its use, because asbestos exposure was confirmed as a cause of various asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma—an aggressive fatal form of cancer. Because of its long latency period, often several decades, diseases that were caused by exposure that took place years ago are surfacing rapidly now.
Panama City, FL—The widow of a mesothelioma victim was awarded nearly $1 million in damages and medical expenses, but one of the parties in the case denies that it is a valid defendant, and claims that the judgment is not binding.
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