Senate appropriations bill would keep safety agencies’ funding intact

Safety & Health - Illinois · August 1, 2025

Washington — The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 31 approved a bill that would maintain current funding for OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration through fiscal year 2026. The legislation would also allocate more than $363...

Former baked beans factory worker seeks witnesses after asbestos cancer diagnosis

Great Yarmouth Mercury ·

Sybil Titchmarsh, 80, worked at the HP Canning and later HL Foods Ltd factory in North Walsham between around 1991 and 2000, producing tins of baked beans among other canned goods. She spent about 18 months on the factory floor before becoming a...

Simmons Hanly Conroy’s Pollock drives higher ed change with Lindenwood

Illinois Business Journal · July 29, 2025

Simmons Hanly Conroy, a national leader in the legal representation of mesothelioma patients and their families, recently shared that firm partner Jo Anna Pollock has played a leading role in the founding and national expansion of education...

Firefighters have higher rates of death from several forms of cancer, study says

CBS 3 Philly - Pennsylvania ·

New research has confirmed what many suspect: firefighters have higher rates of death from several forms of cancer. Firefighters are exposed to all kinds of toxic materials. Previous research showed they have an increased risk of mesothelioma and...

Beyond Smoking: Understanding What’s Really Driving Lung Cancer Cases Today

News18 · August 1, 2025

Last Updated:August 01, 2025, 14:03 IST Not just smoking tobacco, lung cancer can also be caused due to a mix of environmental, occupational, and genetic factors. Environmental and occupational carcinogens contribute to increasing the risk of lung...

Courts Question Legal Tactics as J&J and Avon Confront Growing Talc Liability

Asbestos.com · July 28, 2025

People who developed mesothelioma, ovarian cancer and other diseases as a result of asbestos-contaminated talc continue to seek justice. But companies like Avon and Johnson & Johnson are fighting claims in court with mixed results. In recent...

General Debate 01 August 2025

Kiwiblog · July 31, 2025

The Pfizer-Biontech mRA vaccine received authorisation without any studies on a possible / potential / demonstrable link between COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and cancer. Simian Virus 40 (SV40) is a naturally occurring (monkey) virus. SV40 is present in...

Parents reveal 90 hilarious lies they tell their kids

AOL ·

Santa, the tooth fairy, and the Easter bunny are just a few of the lies parents tell their kids. They’re innocent, and sometimes a little white lie can save the day when a child refuses to eat anything but plain pasta or thinks that putting on a...

Jackson Browne to perform at charity event celebrating Warren Zevon’s music

My Central Nebraska ·

Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon backstage in the '70s; Richard E. Aaron/Redferns Jackson Browne and Marshall Crenshaw are among the artists participating in Join Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon, an October benefit concert that will raise money...

Jackson Browne to perform at charity event celebrating Warren Zevon’s music

102.3 WBAB - New York · July 31, 2025

Jackson Browne and Marshall Crenshaw are among the artists participating in Join Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon, an October benefit concert that will raise money for the several charities, Variety reports. The Oct. 24 event at LA’s United...

New drug combo targets PRMT5 to fight deadly cancers

Drug Target Review · July 31, 2025

Scientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have identified a promising drug target – PRMT5 – that could make treatment-resistant lung, brain and pancreatic cancers more vulnerable to therapy. A potential target for...

National Defence plans to solve its housing crunch by developing contaminated sites

The Narwhal · July 31, 2025

Gary Goode served as an infantry soldier at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick for almost three and a half years in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. Decades later, Goode was diagnosed with lung cancer and, in 2005, he had his right lung removed. Goode...

'It took my darling girl just 64 shocking days to die from this dreadful disease'

Yorkshire Live · July 31, 2025

A widower has spoken out about his wife's suffering, after she was diagnosed with a disease caused by asbestos exposure, years after working at a factory in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Janet Robinson worked at the Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd...

What Arizona veterans should know about asbestos exposure

The Fountain Hills Times - Arizona ·

Jonathan Sharp Submitted photo By Jonathan Sharp | Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. Pleural mesothelioma is a rare but devastating cancer. Its development is almost always linked to prolonged asbestos exposure, and in most cases, the diagnosis...

New ACS Study Suggests Firefighters Face Increased Mortality Rates for Several Cancers

Newswise · July 31, 2025

Newswise — ATLANTA- It’s estimated that more than 15 million firefighters protect the inhabitants of 60 countries worldwide. Though the hazardous exposures encountered by firefighters vary, potential exposures include several known or suspected...

Firefighters at higher risk for many cancers, new study finds

United Press International (UPI) ·

Firefighters work hard saving lives, and in process put their own lives at heightened risk from skin, kidney and other types of cancers, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study finds. "Although this isn't favorable news, this study shines a...

Massachusetts Talc Trial Results in $8M Plaintiff Verdict

JD Supra - California · July 30, 2025

In June 2025, a Suffolk County, Massachusetts jury delivered an $8 million verdict in Janice Paluzzi v. Johnson & Johnson (21-2109). The jury allocated $5 million for past pain and suffering and $3 million for future pain and suffering. The...

Federal government assumes control of Clinton Creek remediation in the Yukon

CBC/Radio-Canada · July 30, 2025

Almost 50 years after the Clinton Creek asbestos mine in central Yukon was closed, a federal remediation effort at the site is now underway. The mine site is located around 65 kilometres from Dawson City, near the confluence of the Yukon and...

Fourth Department Denies Defendant’s Appeal on Issue of Causation and Affirms Judgment Entered in Favor of Plaintiff

JD Supra - California · July 29, 2025

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Department In this personal injury action, plaintiff Joseph Skrzynski alleged asbestos exposure from brakes and other related products while working at an automobile dealership. Skrzynski...

Building a (h)empire: From a humble cabin to Australia’s first subtropical hempcrete and rammed-earth Passivhaus

ArchitectureAU · July 30, 2025

“Why aren’t entire cities built from hemp?” was a question I found myself asking following a chat with Byron Bay-based architect and hempcrete advocate Michael Leung. As a building material, hemp is non-toxic, naturally insulative, hygroscopic...