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The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled to ban asbestos throughout all of Brazil ¬ – a major achievement. Brazil is the third largest asbestos producer in the world through its mining operations, a major global exporter of asbestos, as well as a user of asbestos in manufacturing and construction. For the STF to ban …
Greg W. Lisemby has been named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers list for 2017. The list is comprised of a premier group of attorneys who practice civil plaintiff law in the state of Texas. Only lawyers who have undergone a strict process of peer reviews are eligible to be …
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death and is responsible for about 1 out of 4 cancer deaths for both men and wormen. Tragically, according to the American Cancer Society, “more people die from lung cancer than from colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined.” Causes of lung cancer For decades it has been …
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP,) comprising 21 Pacific island and five metropolitan areas, voted to “restrict the importation, re-use and re-sale of products and wastes containing asbestos in Pacific island countries.” The impetus for this move was the Rotterdam Convention’s failure in past years to list chrysotile asbestos on Annex III …
A New Orleans courthouse in Orleans Parish was preparing for a renovation when both lead paint and asbestos were found throughout the ground and first floors. The courthouse was built 86 years ago when both the lead paint and asbestos were legally used in construction. Now, however, it is widely known that both can cause …
