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Powder Keg: FDA bowed to industry for decades as alarms were sounded over talc

December 9, 2019 By Tom Lamb

At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to discuss the best way to detect cancer-causing asbestos in talc powders and cosmetics. The “Asbestos in Talc Symposium,” sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration [ and intended to investigate asbestos in talc powders … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma

Cancer in the classroom

November 26, 2019 By Tom Lamb

[Lea DiRusso was exposed to asbestos while teaching at schools for nearly 30 years, then this teacher is diagnosed with mesothelioma.] Every week during the school year, teacher Lea DiRusso climbed on a chair and hung her students’ best work on a clothesline strung between two old heating pipes. As she tugged the line down to clip on artwork or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, Schools, Teachers

Hey, government people, have you heard about mesothelioma?

September 27, 2019 By Tom Lamb

Just when you think it cannot become worse, it does. For many decades, we have known about the hazards of asbestos, as well as its relationship to mesothelioma and other thoracic and abdominal malignancies. We even see there is a growth industry among our friends in the legal world, with the emergence of for-profit firms apparently devoted only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

A Most Reckless Proposal — A Plan to Continue Asbestos Use in the United States

August 8, 2019 By Tom Lamb

Each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die often painful, protracted deaths from diseases caused by asbestos. These deaths occur in firefighters, police officers, construction workers, miners, military veterans, shipyard workers, and maintenance workers whose exposures to asbestos are primarily occupational. Death also occurs in partners and children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Lawsuits, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos-related cancer, asbestos-related diseases, asbestosis, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: from bedside to bench and from bench to bedside

June 10, 2019 By Tom Lamb

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare but very aggressive cancer of the thin tissue layer (pleura) covering the lungs. The development of MPM is strongly linked to previous exposure to the fibrous mineral asbestos, which has been widely used until the 1980s, in particular in the building industry. Although patients are generally eligible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicine, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma diagnosis, mesothelioma treatments

NIOSH considers mesothelioma registry; seeks input

May 28, 2019 By Tom Lamb

The [ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ] is gauging the feasibility of a national [ mesothelioma registry ] intended to track cases of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer linked to on-the-job exposure to asbestos. According to a Request for Information published in the April 8 Federal Register, the agency is asking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Case Reports, Facts, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

More than 200 teachers died from asbestos – and kids are at risk in classroom

May 8, 2019 By Tom Lamb

More than 200 teachers have died in the past 10 years from the effects of being exposed to asbestos. And for each teacher fatality, nine ex-pupils can also be expected to fall victim to the silent killer, a study claims – an average of almost 200 per year. Breathing in asbestos fibres can lead to mesothelioma, a cancer that develops in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos fibers, asbestos-related cancer, Children, Classrooms, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, Schools, Teachers

Dr. Goldberg Discusses the Diagnosis of Mesothelioma (Short Video)

April 23, 2019 By Tom Lamb

Sarah B. Goldberg, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine, Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, discusses the diagnosis of mesothelioma. This is an extremely rare disease that is usually seen in patients with prior asbestos exposure, Goldberg says. However, mesothelioma can be seen occasionally in patients without prior exposure to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Medicine, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma diagnosis

Avelumab may benefit some patients with advanced unresectable mesothelioma

February 20, 2019 By Tom Lamb

The anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody avelumab is well tolerated and shows antitumor activity in some patients with previously treated unresectable mesothelioma, according to results from a single-arm trial. “Immune-checkpoint inhibitors result in clinical benefit in a small subset of patients with mesothelioma, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicine, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatments

Pleural mesothelioma: tackling a deadly cancer

February 11, 2019 By Tom Lamb

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh has highlighted six factors that are associated with improved survival in patients with mesothelioma; age under 45 years, female, epithelioid histological subtype, peritoneal mesothelioma, stage 1 cancer, and being treated with both surgery and chemotherapy. This knowledge, together with recent reports … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicine, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatments

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