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    Asbestos Safety in the Workplace
    Asbestos exposure in the workplace can cause several diseases, including lung cancer and mesothelioma. Appropriate safety measures always need to be taken when working with asbestos.
    Travis Rodgers
    05/06/2025
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    The Faces of Asbestos Exposure
    Asbestos kills nearly 40,000 Americans each year from malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer and other related diseases. The U.S. is the only developed country that has not fully banned the carcinogen.
    Karen Selby, RN
    03/13/2025
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    Remembering Dr. David Sugarbaker
    Dr. David Sugarbaker was was regarded as the country’s foremost authority on pleural mesothelioma. Although he died in 2018, his legacy continues to give patients and families hope.
    Karen Selby, RN
    04/22/2025
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    The Hidden Dangers of Talc
    Talc companies have covered up the dangerous health effects of asbestos-contaminated talc and how it leads to cancers such as mesothelioma. Many of these companies, including Johnson & Johnson, are now facing numerous asbestos talcum powder lawsuits.
    Michelle Whitmer
    04/24/2025
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    The Sugarbaker Family Tree
    For the last 30 years, the Sugarbaker name has been synonymous with advancing the treatment of malignant mesothelioma cancer, permanently etching it into past breakthroughs and future innovations.
    Tim Povtak
    04/24/2025
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    Women: The New Faces of Mesothelioma
    Historically, mesothelioma is a cancer that mostly affects older men who were exposed to asbestos while serving in the military or working certain blue-collar jobs. But the gender gap is closing as mesothelioma incidence rates among women are on the rise. Women now comprise nearly one-fourth of all cases.
    Matt Mauney
    06/16/2025
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    Asbestos Cover-Up
    Court documents provide irrefutable proof the asbestos industry leveraged its power and influence to keep workers and the public in the dark about the hazards of asbestos. Workers were not warned about the carcinogen, and their families paid for the industry’s negligence. Dozens of companies are implicated in the decades-long cover-up.
    Michelle Whitmer
    03/25/2024
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    How Asbestos Kills America’s Veterans
    The U.S. government never warned servicemen who fought for America about the deadly long-term effects of asbestos exposure in the military. Now, a broken VA health care system fails them a second time by abandoning veterans dying of mesothelioma.
    Tim Povtak
    05/05/2025