Each year, approximately 3,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with mesothelioma. In these pages you will find helpful information about the types of mesothelioma, symptoms of the disease, diagnosis, treatment options, and helpful links to treatment centers and research programs. We also provide a glossary of medical terms you may encounter.
Baron & Budd is pleased to support the International Mesothelioma Program (“IMP”) founded by Dr. David Sugarbaker in association with Brigham & Women’s Medical Center in Boston and the Harvard Medical School.
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Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality fines Klamath County and the contractor the county hired for unlicensed asbestos removal
Klamath County, Oregon has been ordered to pay fines of $8,229 for hiring an unlicensed person to handle asbestos removal on a county road project to install storm drains in Klamath Falls. The contractor hired by the county was also fined $4,200 by the state Dept of Environmental Quality for doing asbestos abatement without
read more »Former University of Puget Sound baseball coach dies of mesothelioma in Federal Way, Washington
Bob Stewart, former coach of the University of Puget Sound and Federal Way High School baseball teams, has died of mesothelioma. He was only 68 years old. In 1972, Mr. Stewart was named Washington’s coach of the year, and he led the Federal Way baseball team to five league victories that decade.
read more »Australian journalist dies of mesothelioma at 66
Australian broadcaster Peter Leonard has died of mesothelioma in Canberra, Australia—the country’s capital. He was 66 years old when he died, just nine months after being diagnosed with the deadly asbestos-related cancer. His funeral took place at the same church where he was married 44 years earlier, and the church overflowed with hundreds
read more »EPA fines the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for asbestos violations
Just over a year ago, inspectors from the EPA and California Air Resources Board discovered that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had demolished structures located near Niland, California without giving proper advance notice to the EPA as required by federal asbestos regulations. The notice requirement and other federal asbestos regulations are
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