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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 – …
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) and their International Agency for Research of Cancer (IARC) released a statement classifying processed meats as Group 1 carcinogens. Numerous headlines covering this story reported “Processed Meats and Asbestos in Same Category.” Can this really be true? “Asbestos and hot dogs are not even in the same hazard …
DuBose Law Firm, PLLC, a Dallas, TX based law firm, is troubled by the resistance of some members of the U.S. Congress to pass the Zadroga Act. Currently there are 222 of the 435 members of the House and 58 of 100 Senators who are co-sponsoring the bill. This bill furnishes health care, both physical …
Last Friday was a time to remember the people lost in the fall of the twin towers and in the 2 crashed aircraft. We remember the heroes who risked, and often gave, their lives to help others. We also remember the sight of the towers descending in dust, debris, and ashes and people covered in …
Twenty-two years ago the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the final cleanup of the Ambler Asbestos Piles Site. Recently, however, a debris sample from the site tested positive for 60 percent chrysotile asbestos indicating a continuing public threat. This report was released last week by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the largest independent non-profit …
