Mesothelioma Lawyer

In 2004, University of Illinois at Chicago scientist discovered unsafe levels of amphibole asbestos in samples taken from Oak Street Beach, and alerted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Chicago Park District. Tests run the following year by contractor Levine Fricke, however, registered only minimal asbestos levels, and the beach was declared safe.
Now, years […]

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A woman diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable cancer caused by asbestos exposure, has filed suit against her husband’s former employer DuPont, and asbestos manufacturers Union Carbide, Ingersoll-Rand, Guard-Line, and others.
Frances Barras, of Nederland, TX, claims in her suit that she developed mesothelioma as a result of years of washing her husband’s contaminated work clothes. She […]

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Firefighters in Everett, Washington have reportedly been exposed to asbestos during routine training excercises.
According to the state’s Department of Labor and Industries, the firefighters were exposed to asbestos and other toxic materials when the cut holes through the walls and the ceilings of old buildings during routine training exercises. Because the buildings were older, the […]

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The Town of Fowler, located in Indiana, has been awarded a $25,000 grant to remove asbestos from the currently closed Fowler Elementary School.
The school has been closed since 2006 when its students and the students from a different nearby elementary were consolidated into one new elementary school. The future of the school is still uncertain. […]

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The Environmental Protection Agency has stepped up its enforcement of asbestos recordkeeping. In Maryland, the number of citations for violations has exploded. While the agency was averaging less than one citation a year from 2001 through September 2006, they have given out 16 citations since September 2006.
While the number of citations has gone up dramatically, […]

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