People working in hazardous industries often suffer from fatal diseases due to exposure to harmful chemicals and substances. Adding to their woes is the difficulty in receiving damage compensation from the employers.

A new mesothelioma diagnosis related technique may help clinicians hone in on a diagnosis in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause.

Asbestos cancer litigation disaster for investors could be repeated with Nanotechnology unless SEC and FASB close eight major loopholes now preventing honest disclosures. Investor Environmental Health Network Analysis finds disturbing Asbestos-Nanotech parallels that could saddle investors with a major new round of costly mega-litigation.

Six weeks after public health authorities on the Caribbean island of Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) impounded the Scientology cult's 440-foot luxury liner "Freewinds," the ship remains locked down. Experts advise that decontaminating the ship would cost millions of dollars and may not even be possible. Meanwhile, the cult continues to solicit funds for cruises that will not happen.

Construction workers and next of kin of deceased workers filed a lawsuit in Tokyo, Japan Friday seeking damages of approximately 6.6 billion yen (about US$444 million) from the government and manufacturers related to illnesses stemming from exposure to asbestos. 178 plaintiffs; including construction workers and family members filed the suit in Tokyo District Court against 46 building manufacturers and the Government of Japan.

Plasma osteopontin is an early detection and prognostic marker in malignant pleural mesothelioma NYU Cancer Institute’s Harvey Pass, M.D., professor of cardiothoracic surgery and surgery; division chief of thoracic surgery and thoracic oncology, at NYU Langone Medical Center

Mesothelioma lawsuit; family members' 'take home' asbestos fibers and 50-year-old victim's own college summer employment at GM facilities in Bloomfield and Englewood, New Jersey caused cancer that killed rising-star advertising executive, according to mesothelioma lawyers Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP.

Mesothelioma Victims Center as a Free Service to Victims of Mesothelioma or Their Families.

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, the Voice of the Victims, today announced the beginning of Asbestos Awareness Week. April 1, 2008 was designated as the beginning of National Asbestos Awareness Week by the United State Senate. The U.S. Senate passed S. Res. 462 which states “that the Senate urges the Surgeon General, as a public health issue, to warn and educate people that asbestos exposure may be hazardous to their health.”

Scientists have established a mouse model for human malignant mesothelioma (MM) that will provide valuable insight into cancer development and progression along with new directions for design of therapeutic strategies. The research, published by Cell Press in the March issue of Cancer Cell, may eventually lead to a substantially improved outlook for patients with this devastating disease.

Scientists have established a mouse model for human malignant mesothelioma (MM) that will provide valuable insight into cancer development and progression along with new directions for design of therapeutic strategies.

Talcum powder has been used for generations to soothe babies' diaper rash and freshen women's faces. But University of Florida researchers report the household product has an additional healing power: The ability to stunt cancer growth by cutting the flow of blood to metastatic lung tumors.