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Mesothelioma Associated with the Use of Cosmetic Talc

December 10, 2019 By Tom Lamb Leave a Comment

OBJECTIVE:  To describe exposures to talcum powder leading to mesothelioma among 33 individuals as a non-occupational asbestos exposure. METHODS:  Cases were referred for medico-legal evaluation, and tissue digestions were performed in some cases. Tissue digestion for the six cases described was done according to standard methodology RESULTS:: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exposure, Facts Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos fibers, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, Talc, Talcum Powder

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

December 5, 2019 By Tom Lamb Leave a Comment

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: Exposure, Facts Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos fibers, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, Talc, Talcum Powder

Cancer in the classroom

November 21, 2019 By Tom Lamb Leave a Comment

[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: Exposure, Facts Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos exposure in school, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, teacher

Recall: FDA Sees Trace Asbestos in J&J Baby Powder

October 24, 2019 By Tom Lamb Leave a Comment

A shipment of baby powder has been recalled by Johnson & Johnson after U.S. authorities found asbestos in it. The recall comes after months of denial from the company about the presence of the cancer-causing substance in its talc-based products, The New York Times reported [October 19, 2019]. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exposure, Facts Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, chrysotile asbestos, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuit

Hey, government people, have you heard about mesothelioma?

September 26, 2019 By Tom Lamb Leave a Comment

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: Exposure, Facts Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

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

August 6, 2019 By Tom Lamb Leave a Comment

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: Exposure, Facts Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos diseases, asbestos exposure, asbestos products, asbestos-related disease, asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma

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