This month’s issue of Critical Reviews in Toxicology features an article titled, “Health Risk of Chrysotile Revisited.” Asbestos use in general is heavily controversial,…
Industrial workers exposed to asbestos now have additional health concerns to worry about beyond mesothelioma and lung cancer. A recent study published in the…
Six years after a diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma, David Cutts was asking his wife to dance. They were sitting together, enjoying themselves at…
When Mike Hackler, a prominent cardiovascular surgeon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, diagnosed two of his patients — long-time good friends dating back to high…
As an established carcinogen, asbestos poses a number of serious health risks. While it is a prominent factor in asbestosis, one of the most aggressive illnesses associated with the mineral is pleural mesothelioma, a cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs.
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