The question rose after the sudden death of Sir Alastair Aird. An inquir will be held as to provide more detailed information on this subject. Sir Aird was 78 when he passed away after suffering from mesothelioma, a type of cancer that is known to be caused by asbestos.
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Archive for the ‘asbestos exposure’ Category
Mesothelioma Victim at Queen Mother’s London Home
Friday, October 16th, 2009Seeking a 200 million dollar funding for asbestos
Sunday, August 30th, 2009James Hardie Industries seeks funding from the Australian government for their asbestos fund. Officials say that the fund may be depleted until the end of 2011, and it can only be sustained if the government helps this. The fund running out may be the consequence of United States housing decreasing the operating profit for James Hardie Industries.
Experts fearing asbestos problems for workers
Friday, August 14th, 2009Yorkshire’s power stations could claim their first victims under the former of workers that helped build them. Already, many of them have started showing symptoms of asbestosis or mesothelioma, diseases caused solely by asbestos exposure.
When the power stations such as Drax and Eggborough were built asbestos was used for pipe insulation. People that worked using those materials are facing mesothelioma death, and the number of claims is increasing by the month.
Victims of asbestos exposure left to suffer
Monday, July 27th, 2009Watching someone die before your very eyes because of the negligence of their employer, and seeing this person in constant severe pain, is a very hard to deal with picture.
The last whish of these people is that their families will be taken care of after they pass away, and that their family and their colleagues will never suffer because of asbestos exposure.
Chevron sued by deceased man’s family
Friday, June 19th, 2009The family of the deceased, his wife and son, blame Chevron for the misfortune. The man died from a combination of pulmonary asbestosis and lung cancer, two diseases caused by asbestos. The suit was filed June 12th by the family of Rufus Granger, former employee of Gulf Oil, which is known today as Chevron.
An asbestos “clean-up” emergency has been declared in Montana town
Friday, June 19th, 2009Due to a high number of mesothelioma deaths in the area (more than 200), a small town in Montana has been granted an additional 6 million dollars. That amount should cover medical and clean-up bills. The money was granted by the Obama under a public safety issue on Wednesday.
A man with mesothelioma bets on his life and wins
Friday, June 12th, 2009
A man from Britain diagnosed with cancer bet against the prediction of his mesothelioma doctor, saying that he would be dead in a matter of months. The man will apparently win the sum of 10000 pounds, media reported on Sunday.
Asbestos exposure claim filed by two former airmen
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Two former airmen that were stationed in Iraq file a claim towards four companies contracted by defense, stating that thee companies have burned trash containing asbestos materials, toilet waste and toxic plastic bottles. The two airmen claim that they have inhaled smoke from these fires and as a result, their general state of health was compromised.
Asbestos trials: another W.R. Grace & Co. defendant dismissed
Friday, May 8th, 2009Charges against another defendant in the environmental trial against W.R. Grace & Co. have been dismissed by a federal judge. Charges against former executives have also been dismissed.