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In April, the CDC reported that American deaths from asbestos-caused mesothelioma continue to rise.  Between 1999 and 2005, mesothelioma killed 18,068 Americans. From the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, the number of Americans diagnosed with mesothelioma each year sharply increased.  Mesothelioma's long latency period—or time between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma's onset—explains the

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Some people believe that asbestos is a problem of our past. It's not.Each year thousands of Americans are killed by asbestos exposure. Levin and Rountree report that, "[a]n estimated 2000 - 3000 new [mesothelioma] cases are diagnosed each year in the United States."1 Lemen cites a study by Pinherio indicating that there may be over 6,000 cases of mesothelioma per year.2While estimates vary for

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Henri Pezerat, famed French toxicologist, died unexpectedly on February 16, 2009. Pezerat was an early and vocal champion of the movement to ban asbestos. His efforts led France to ban asbestos. The French asbestos ban, in turn, laid the groundwork for the European Union's ban on asbestos.Throughout his life, Pezerat strove to expose the asbestos industry's myth of "controlled" asbestos use.

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Eminent French toxicologist Henri Pezerat, Ph.D., exposes bias in D. M. Bernstein's asbestos-industry-funded studies. Pezerat H. Chrysotile Biopersistence: The Misuse of Biased Studies. Int J Occup Environ Health 2009; 15:102-106. Bernstein claims his rat studies show chrysotile asbestos has a short half-life in humans and, therefore, is only a weak carcinogen. But Pezerat reveals that

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Twenty-seven scientists hailing from eight countries around the world convened at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in March to reassess the carcinogenicity of silica. These world-renowned scientists:"[R]eaffirmed the carcinogenicity of silica dust as Group 1. An increased risk of lung cancer was observed across various industries and processes."Lancet 1009; 10:453.

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Oxford University publishes "Defending the Indefensible: The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival." Reviewing it in the Lancet, Barry Castleman writes that by 1960 scientists had proven that asbestos-caused asbestosis and lung cancer were fatal. And by 1960, mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the pleura and peritoneum, was recognized as a signal injury--a cancer caused only by asbestos

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Scientists at the Center for Construction Research and Training, the Washington Cancer Institute, and the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health found that even "intermittent or low exposure to asbestos is associated with [peritoneal] mesothelioma." Welch L, Acherman Y, Haile E, Sokas R, Sugarbaker P. Asbestos and Peritoneal Mesothelioma among college-educated men. Int. J.

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Twenty-seven scientists hailing from eight countries around the world convened at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in March to reassess the carcinogenicity of asbestos. These world-renowned scientists found that: "Epidemiological evidence has increasingly shown an association of all forms of asbestos (chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, tremolite, actinolite, and anthophyllite

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IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, confirms that all commercially available asbestos fibers cause mesothelioma.Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service (Ret.), Dr. Richard Lemen,  observed IARC's meeting. Dr. Lemen said:"The confirmation by IARC - the world's leading cancer research agency - that all forms of asbestos, including its most commonly used form of

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On April 20th, the Texas Senate passed an important bill affecting the standard of causation in mesothelioma cases. The legislation, Senate Bill 1123, would require mesothelioma victims to prove "that a defendant's product or conduct was a substantial factor in causing [his] injury." To prove "substantial factor," mesothelioma victims must present evidence of:(1) the frequency of the exposure;(2)

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Heard Robins partner Ian Cloud spoke on the future of asbestos litigation at Harvard Medical School. Mr. Cloud taught at Harvard's course, "Current Concepts in Asbestos Related Pulmonary Disease," at the invitation of the course directors, Harvard Medical School's Dr. Eugene J. Mark, Dr. Richard L. Kradin, and Dr. David C. Christiani. The course directors invited Ian Cloud, as a member of a

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