In a win for mesothelioma plaintiffs, a three-judge panel in the Federal Appeals Court/Third Circuit court of Philadelphia has unanimously ruled that Johnson & Johnson cannot use bankruptcy to sidestep more than 40,000 talcum-powder lawsuits. A ...

Experienced gardeners and green thumb amateurs alike have all encountered potting soil mixes. What they may not realize is that one of the top three ingredients in potting soil, vermiculite, not only takes a carbon-intensive toll on the environment ...

Join us to support the Pacific Mesothelioma Center and enjoy a luxurious evening at the historic Taglyan Complex with games, dinner and drinks, entertainment, and a live and silent auction with magnificent prizes. In addition to raising greater ...

The French National Health Security Agency (ANSES) issued a press release September 19, 2022, announcing a link between asbestos exposure and laryngeal and ovarian cancers. According to ANSES, between 150 to 170 diagnosis of these cancers each year ...

U.S. Representative Elaine Luria of Virginia has introduced legislation to prohibit state courts from removing cases to the federal court system. Throughout the United States, when asbestos victims seek restitution from the companies that knowingly ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated Fast Track status to a new therapeutic drug therapy for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) in patients with unresectable NF2-deficient tumors. The drug, IK-930, was granted ...

Nanotechnology has revolutionized multiple industries in its broad application across medical, industrial, consumer and technological sectors. However, certain types of nanotechnology, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), have been shown to closely ...

Researchers in Japan are working to develop an inhalable powder as a new form of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma. The inhalable powder is a form of gene therapy containing tumor suppression drugs SFD-p16 and SFD-p53 which ...

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have published promising results of a phase 2 clinical trial for patients with pleural mesothelioma found to have a BAP1 genetic mutation. According to the researchers, the BAP1 mutation is ...

Johnson & Johnson voted against a proposal to end sales of its talc-based baby powder globally at its annual shareholder meeting on April 28, 2022. The company stopped selling talc-based baby powder in the US and Canada in 2020 after an ...

The University of Hawaii Cancer Center has published novel research on the BAP1 genetic mutation found in an estimated 10% of patients with mesothelioma with the goal of better understanding the unique traits of carriers of the mutation. Michele ...

Last month the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden Administration announced a landmark proposal to ban the use, manufacture and import of Chrysotile asbestos in the United States, a move long coming since the US halted production of the ...

Johnson & Johnson is being forced into a shareholder vote today, Thursday, April 28, at its 2022 Annual Shareholder meeting to end all sales of its talc-based baby powder globally. The company ceased sales of the product in the US and Canada in ...