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It’s easy to put off checkups, especially if you have no immediate health concerns. But, if you’ve been exposed to asbestos – or any toxic substance – it’s important to let your doctor know so there can be monitoring specifically for those symptoms. What steps should you take? • Go to your doctor for regular …
In the past, actuarial tables in British Columbia (B.C.) predicted asbestos-related deaths would peak between 2015 and 2020. However, due to new statistical information, WorkSafeBC recently recognized the rise in fatalities will continue much longer than anticipated. While accidents due to traumatic injuries have decreased 68 percent since 1990, workplace deaths due to disease – …
Fedor Zarkhin, writer for The Oregonian|OregonLive, wrote an article, “Unsettling dust: Hundreds of Portland homes demolished with asbestos inside,” this week. It exposed poor demolition practices in the tear-down of hundreds of Portland homes. While Oregon regulations require asbestos removal by licensed contractors, the rules are weak and few contractors even know they exist. With …
Another Mesothelioma Awareness Day approaches and still asbestos is not banned in the United States. Our Congress needs to know this is not acceptable. Perhaps we who are not directly affected get complacent, but the reality is that we are all susceptible to acquiring this disease. Some people work in more dangerous environments than others, …
From press release: PRNewswire Thompson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, recognized Ben DuBose, of DuBose Law Firm, PLLC as a “Texas Super Lawyer” for the fifth consecutive year in the October, 2013 Texas Monthly “Texas Super Lawyers” edition. In 2009 and 2011, Mr. DuBose was chosen as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” …
