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We’ve talked about W.R. Grace & Company/Western Mineral before. It was a company that mined and sold asbestos-containing vermiculite for use in gardening and for insulation. According to reports, about 92% of all long-term workers at the company have developed...
An asbestos verdict from another state caught our attention recently because the plaintiff was able to prove that Ford Motor Co. was responsible for his mesothelioma. A man from St. Louis County was diagnosed in 2020 with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the...
Workers at W.R. Grace & Company in Libby, Montana, also known as Western Mineral, mined and processed vermiculite. Vermiculite is a naturally occurring mineral that was often used in insulation and in potting soil. They worked in a cloud of dust, but they didn’t...
The mining, milling and manufacturing industries are some of the most common ones associated with the risk of asbestos exposure. All three of these industries have long histories in northern and rural Minnesota, from taconite mining to Conwed’s manufacturing of...
We know that exposure to asbestos can cause deadly cancers such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. We know that occupational exposure is among the most common types of exposure. We know that workers weren’t always protected in the past –are they being protected now? If...
Since the 1970s, government agencies have known that talc can sometimes be contaminated by asbestos. This is because the two minerals are similar and are often mined in the same location. That leads to the possibility that any product containing talc could potentially...
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is relatively new, but a recent research paper suggests it could provide more effective, less toxic treatment for some malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients. Specifically, the therapy increased median overall survival...
Unfortunately, yes. A recent study found that nearly 20% of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma at a hospital in Spain have contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. A respiratory virus is never good for patients with compromised lungs, and...
A small clinical study recently brought some encouraging news to people suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma, the most common type of mesothelioma. A combination of chemotherapy and two immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs called durvalumab (Imfinzi) and...
Minnesota is a resource-rich state, and its mining industry provides the rest of the nation with several essential minerals – including taconite and other types of iron ore. Unfortunately, workers in the taconite industry suffer from the deadly disease known as...
