SearchCategory : Asbestos InformationBritish Asbestos Case Results in $300,000 Settlement30th August 2007 A couple in Texas recently filed suit against 39 different companies due an illness caused by exposure to asbestos. Theodore Alderman and wife, Nancy, are filing their lawsuit in West Virginia where Mr. Alderman worked from 1957 to 1990 as a pipefitter f… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Legal Action Helps Raise Asbestos Awareness18th August 2007 Sheila Alsop watched her husband, Lionel, die of mesothelioma in 2005, two years after he had retired. The couple had been married for 43 years and shared two sons. Sheila is now suing the company that she feels is responsible for her husbands exposure t… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos Organization Launches Free Online Video Library17th August 2007 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announced today that it has launched a free online Asbestos Video Library (AVL).
The organization, which is dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims and their families, is setting up a fiv… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Texas Vermiculite Plant Responsible for Asbestos Exposure Cases17th August 2007 In 2005, the federal government warned the Texas Vermiculite plant, a mineral processing plant in West Texas owned by W.R. Grace & Co., that it could have exposed employees, as well as residents of the area around the plant, to asbestos. After the g… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Zimbabwe Asbestos Industry Hosts Sporting Event10th August 2007 In an attempt to show neighboring countries that the mining of white chrysotile asbestos is safe, and in hopes of de-campaigning the push for a total ban of asbestos, the owners of two Zimbabwe asbestos mines will host a gala sporting event later this… more » Categories: Asbestos Information |
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