STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

Every branch of the U.S. Military used asbestos until at least the early 1980s. This put countless soldiers, sailors, and airmenat risk. And now, roughly one in three mesothelioma diagnoses affects a veteran. If you or a loved one received a diagnosis of mesothelioma and you believe it’s related to your asbestos exposure in the

Recently, a class of plaintiffs in another state accused a school district of failing to warn school employees and students that there was asbestos and lead in many of the district’s buildings. According to the lawsuit, the school district received test results in 2016 from environmental engineers identifying asbestos in several schools. Despite having that

As we have discussed in recent blog posts, the FDA has found talc contaminated with asbestos in a variety of makeup products. Contaminated talc places many women at risk of mesothelioma since there is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos. We recently discussed that the FDA is calling for higher standards to test

Many cosmetics, from baby powder to eye shadow, contain talcum powder. Unfortunately, evidence increasingly suggests that talc sometimes contains asbestos, and exposure to asbestos causes mesothelioma, lung cancer, or certain non-malignant lung diseases. Public health authorities have long warned of the potential for asbestos-related diseases among people who routinely use talc products. Thousands of plaintiffs

Nearly 17,000 lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson accusing the company of selling talcum powder products that it knew were laced with asbestos. Asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma, a rare but deadly form of cancer, and other lung cancers. There is no safe level of exposure to asbestos. In a recent case

Recently, an analysis by the American Cancer Society found that the overall cancer death rate in the U.S. made its “biggest single-year drop ever,” or 2.2%, between 2016 and 2017. On average, cancer rates have been dropping by about 1.5% per year over the last three decades. That means the cancer death rate dropped nearly

Asbestos is a fiber that was widely used in insulation, flooring, roof tiles and other building materials especially before 1978. The Environmental Protection Agency says there is no safe level of asbestos exposure. Exposure can cause serious illnesses, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. If you have a home that was built before 1978, there

There’s more bad news for people who took up vaping in the hopes it would be a safe alternative to cigarette smoking. Despite what some have claimed, vaping is not safe just because it doesn’t involve smoke. Some of those safety claims came straight from Juul, the largest manufacturer of vaping devices in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration admits there is no safe level of asbestos contamination or exposure. Yet for years, the FDA relied upon the cosmetics industry’s promises that their talc-based products don’t contain enough asbestos to be dangerous. The cosmetic industry also said that what looked like asbestos was probably another type of microscopic rock