http://www.asbestostoday.com/ Asbestos Today is an online magazine that aggregates the latest asbestos and mesothelioma news. en-us 2006-09-25T11:10:03-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000354.html To recover, claimants must be seriously ill from exposure to asbestos at a job site where Owens Corning's products were used. The spouses of people killed by exposure can also recover.... 354@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2006-09-25T11:10:03-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000353.html TRENTON - W.R. Grace & Co. and the New Jersey attorney general are wrangling over what court will have jurisdiction over the state's civil suit against the Maryland-based construction products and chemical manufacturer. The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court... 353@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-10-03T10:15:00-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000352.html SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The urgent mission to improve treatments for a deadly, asbestos-related cancer will make another step forward, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) announced today, with the Second International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma. Meso... 352@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-10-03T10:08:10-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000351.html U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter is reportedly under pressure to scale back his proposal for a $140 Billion privately financed asbestos fund. The White House has not explicitly endorsed Specter's proposal, and some Republicans and business interests fear... 351@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-28T10:24:48-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000350.html Georgia Supreme Court ruled that family members of employees who are exposed to asbestos in the workplace cannot sue the employer as a result of coming into contact with the employees clothes away from the workplace. The court concluded that... 350@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-28T10:19:59-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000349.html Former Grace executives plead not guilty to charges that they knowingly endangering residents of Libby, Montana, and concealed information about the health affects of its asbestos mining operations. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder, six W.R. Grace and Co. executives and their dozen-plus lawyers... 349@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-28T10:09:15-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000348.html An Op-Ed piece by Alabama veterans in the Decatur Daily voices their support for an asbestos compensation fund. Veterans with asbestos related diseases are presently not able to sue the U.S. Government over their contact with asbestos, nor will that... 348@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T18:32:32-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000347.html Paul Brodeur, a staff writer at the New Yorker, wrote a commentary piece for the LA Times providing us with an insightful look at what he calls The Cruel Saga of Asbestos Disease In pioneering studies conducted in the 1960s,... 347@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T18:22:38-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000346.html The Australian reports the James Hardie Industries faces lawsuits in the United States, specifically California, by former employees who handled Asbestos. The bigger story is that James Hardie Industries may have asbestos liability in the United States. The workers were... 346@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T17:40:45-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000345.html AP reports that Mississippi Supreme Court Justice, George C. Carlson Jr, has ordered plaintiffs in an asbestos injury lawsuit to justify why their cases should be heard in Jones County, Mississippi. This overturns an order by Circuit Judge Billy Joe... 345@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T17:18:05-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000344.html Reuters reports that Aviva, an insurer, and the government wanted to stop pay-outs for pleural plaques. Holland slashed the level of compensation to be awarded, ruling that provisional damages should be between 3,500 and 4,000 pounds rather than the previous... 344@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T17:03:07-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000343.html An AP story describes Libby, Montana in the aftermath of the W.R. Grace indictment. Posters promise "Door Prizes!!" and "Blood draw to participate in ongoing research!" Companies that sell home oxygen supplies will send reps. Doctors and researchers will be... 343@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T16:26:28-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000342.html Residents of Harford County can breathe a sigh of relief as Harford County Executive James M. Harkins informed them that the army decided against building an asbestos disposal plant in their community. the plant would have collected asbestos from military... 342@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T16:10:52-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000341.html Dr. Kate Flanigan, from the Denver office of Federal Occupational Health spoke to the Billings Gazettle about the high levels of asbestos at the Billings federal courthouse in late January 2005, early February 2005. The highest asbestos readings last week... 341@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-21T16:01:01-08:00 http://www.asbestostoday.com/news/000340.html Giordano, now retired, filed in November a District Court lawsuit against UNLV alleging the institution knowingly allowed workers to clean asbestos fibers without proper safety equipment or training, according to the Review-Journal. About 40 plaintiffs have now joined the suit,... 340@http://www.asbestostoday.com/ 2005-02-17T21:00:33-08:00