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Johnson & Johnson loses one baby powder cancer case and wins another

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay at least $25 million to a woman who said she contracted a rare asbestos-related cancer through decades of daily use of its baby powder or its other talc product, ... read more

Swiss Billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny Convicted Over Italy Asbestos Deaths

Prosecutor Gianfranco Colace said the ruling was the “first step” in setting a precedent on deaths from cancer and pulmonary diseases, which can take years to develop after contact with asbestos ... read more

FDA Approves First Mesothelioma Treatment in 15 Years

MPM is a rare but aggressive cancer strongly associated with asbestos exposure. Prior to the new approval, pemetrexed plus cisplatin was the only FDA-approved therapy for patients with unresectable ... read more

MAGA: Making Asbestos Great Again? | Editorial

Rest easy, kids. In fact, asbestos is one of the leading causes of lung cancer in America. But don’t tell that to the federal agency whose mission it is to protect our health, which Trump has stocked ... read more

Former Camp Manager Files Claim of Alleged Negligence Involving Asbestos in California

“Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis,” said Michael Chapman, Laboratory Manager at LA Testing’s Huntington Beach facility. “In some cases, these conditions ... read more

Sen. Lesser Asbestos Bill Passes Senate

People exposed to asbestos are at risk of developing life-threatening lung diseases like asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Sen. Lesser proposed legislation to ban this harmful product in ... read more

Asbestos: A Public Health Crisis of 'Unprecedented Scale'

For a handful of developing countries, however, they predict that the incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare but highly aggressive cancer associated with long-term asbestos exposure, will ... read more

At least five deputies fear their substation is causing cancer

If fibers from asbestos become airborne and are inhaled, research shows there’s an increased risk of cancer. Four of the deputies were diagnosed with testicular cancer and one was diagnosed with spine ... read more

TTFields Device Approved for Mesothelioma

The FDA approved the NovoTTF-100L tumor treating fields (TTFields) system for use in conjunction with chemotherapy as initial treatment for unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM ... it is ... read more

City of San Diego Faces Fines, Penalties Over Asbestos Risks at Fire Academy

the San Diego Fire Department’s Cancer Awareness and Prevention Program manager submitted a memo detailing health hazards at the training facility as well as evidence that Fire Department command ... read more

FDA Approves First New Treatment for Mesothelioma in 15 Years

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Thursday approved Tumor Treating Fields, a therapy involving electric currents that disrupt cancer cell division and inhibit tumor growth, for the first-line ... read more

Developer ‘cut corners,' and residents ended up breathing in asbestos, councilman says

It typically takes years of exposure to asbestos to develop mesothelioma, a cancer that may affect the lining of one’s lungs, heart, or abdomen. There are about 3,000 mesothelioma cases in the nation ... read more