The United States senate has designated the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness Week.”
We’d like to extend our thanks to Senator Max Bacus (D-MT), and cosponsors

Mesothelioma sufferers can recover compensation for all sorts of mesothelioma-related losses through a lawsuit. Mesothelioma is a devastating disease that takes a huge toll on many facets of the patient’s life, and the life of his or her family. To be “made whole” (as if it were possible) in many of these cases requires massive [...]

We reported recently that the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation has given $1 million in grants to 10 separate groups of researchers who have proposed promising mesothelioma research projects. Below is a brief synopsis of each of them.

Last month, we saw the FDA grant orphan drug status to Onconase (ranpirnase) for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma. The clinical trial is underway now, and they are accepting participants from all around the world.

By the late 1890s, scientific and medical research began alerting governments and employers that casual handling and inhaling of earthen minerals resulted in severe illness. Growing the economy at the expense of citizens’ health created a government-corporate collusion that, to this day, continues to stifle the study of inorganic matter. Inorganic matter, in the form [...]