Monthly Archives: February 2009
Wrongful Death Suit Names Union Carbide, Others in Asbestos-Related Death
According to the Southeast Texas Record, a weekly legal journal covering Jefferson and Orange Counties, Robert Earl Woods is suing Union Carbide, BP, Amoco, Dow, Chevron, Shell, and Texaco for the death of his relative, Willie E. Woods. Willie Woods, who died in 2007 as a result of lung cancer induced by working for 20 [...]
Connecticut Asbestos Removal Firm to Pay Hefty Fine
NEW HAVEN – In an agreement reached between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, a long-standing case of asbestos handling violations comes to a close. The two parties agreed on the imposition of fines totaling $300,000 against two Connecticut companies, Anderson-Wilcox Corp. (AWC) and Cutting [...]
Gardener Alert: Soil Conditioners May Contain Asbestos
Most people, hearing the word ‘asbestos’, think of floor or roofing tiles, or the gray stuff wrapped around pipes on older boilers. Few realize that vermiculite, a common soil conditioner used by indoor and outdoor gardeners alike, may contain asbestos as well. It comes in the form of vermiculite, a soil additive mined from natural [...]
Union Protests Substandard Asbestos Removal Contractor
A company removing asbestos from one of Johnson & Johnson’s locations in Raritan, New Jersey, about 60 miles west of the capital of Newark, is being accused of substandard asbestos removal procedures by New York City-based Laborers Local 78, an asbestos and lead abatement division of the Mason Tenders Council. Johnson & Johnson, which makes [...]
Liver Tumors Treated with Chemo Beads
Recent studies have shown a new, minimally invasive treatment for liver cancer is having success halting the growth of liver tumors. Small beads are combined with anti-cancer agents then are injected into the blood vessels that feed liver tumors. The beads block off blood supply to the tumor while the chemotherapy agents attack the cancer [...]
Canada Widely Condemned for its Asbestos Production and Export Policies
Rome, Italy-In March of 2008, 120 international signatories to the Rotterdam Convention (RC) met in Rome for their annual, policy making discussions related to the manufacture and distribution of hazardous materials or chemicals. The RC’s purpose is to designate specific materials and/or chemicals as hazardous to human health in order to significantly restrict their distribution [...]
Asbestos Contaminated Ship Faces Protesters in Great Britain
HARTLEPOOL, UK – Environmental activists in England are vigorously protesting the imminent arrival of the asbestos-contaminated, French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau, which is scheduled to be dismantled at the Northern England shipyard at Hartlepool. Environmentalists point to the fact that the French ship, now known simply as Hull Q790, was turned away by India in 2006 [...]
FDA Recommends Additional Clinical Trial for Onconase
Members of the FDA met with Alfacell Corp. to discuss the final components of the Onconase New Drug Application (NDA). The company plans to submit an application for the treatment of unresectable malignant mesothelioma and was advised to conduct an additional clinical trial before submission. The FDA recommended the company conduct a trial on patients [...]
