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    EPA Facing More Litigation on Legacy Asbestos

    The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization delivered on an earlier notice of intent to sue by filing an official complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection…
    Tim Povtak
    05/20/2021
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    Research & Clinical Trials

    A Look at Three Decades of Real-World Mesothelioma Statistics

    Despite clinical trials that often produce inflated expectations, real-world survival rates for pleural mesothelioma have failed to advance significantly over the past three…
    Tim Povtak
    05/11/2021
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    Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Central to Old Spice Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    Willie McNeal Jr., a Vietnam War veteran and retired school bus driver, was awarded $4.8 million by a California Superior Court jury that determined…
    Tim Povtak
    05/06/2021
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    Canada Moves Toward Increased Talc Restrictions

    Canada may soon become the first country to legally restrict the use of popular talc-based products, stemming from an extensive, recently completed human health…
    Tim Povtak
    05/04/2021
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    Buried Asbestos Remains a Concern at EPA Superfund Sites

    Scientists have discovered that the soil composition typically used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cap asbestos Superfund sites actually increases mobility…
    Tim Povtak
    04/29/2021
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    Latest KCIC Report Finds Decline in Mesothelioma Lawsuits

    The number of mesothelioma lawsuits filed in 2020 dropped significantly, while cases involving lung cancer continued to increase, according to a recent study…
    Tim Povtak
    04/12/2021
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    Phase III Trial of Durvalumab for Mesothelioma Underway

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be closely watching the latest, international phase III clinical trial for unresectable pleural mesothelioma involving the…
    Tim Povtak
    04/01/2021
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    COVID Vaccine Gives Less Protection for Some Cancer Patients

    Millions of people across the United States have begun receiving their COVID-19 vaccines, and restrictions are lifting in many public spaces such as restaurants…
    Sean Marchese, MS, RN
    03/30/2021
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    Thoracic Surgeon Raja Flores Enters NYC Mayor’s Race

    Thoracic surgeon and mesothelioma specialist Dr. Raja Flores wants to continue serving others, but in a new role as the next mayor…
    Tim Povtak
    03/25/2021
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    Some Mesothelioma Patients May Benefit from Second Radical Surgery

    As overwhelming as major surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma can be, there is a small cohort of patients who still would benefit from…
    Tim Povtak
    03/17/2021
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