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Construction continues at The Adelfa B. Callejo Building – the future home of DuBose Law Firm’s principal office. Built in 1954, the building was the office of a Dallas civil rights icon, Adelfa B. Callejo, from the late 1970s until her passing in 2014. Extensive remodeling and updates are now taking place at the site. …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalized U.S. Steel Corp. $170,000 for giving tasks to seven employees that exposed them to asbestos at the coke production facility in Pittsburgh. In February, five employees removed and replaced asbestos-containing packing material. In March, two other employees burned and removed a rotten section of expansion pipe which …
When a patient is diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease stage is also assigned. The stage determines the treatment plan for the patient. These standards for stage evaluation have been updated through a project led by Dr. Valerie Rusch, renowned mesothelioma specialist from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. This re-categorization will lead to …
Mesothelioma is a rare cancer, usually in the lungs and almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. Recently, a wide-ranging sample of 216 malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) tumors identified genetic mutations previously unknown. A number of these mutations may be available for diagnosis and treatment immediately. Investigators from the International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and …
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 – …
