Bringing Asbestos Home: The Dangers of Secondary Asbestos Exposure
In the Bible story, God mercifully allows Abraham to spare the life of his son Isaac. But secondary asbestos exposure is not merciful. Asbestos fibers accidentally brought into the home by industrial worker Johney Clemmons caused the death of his son Randy Brady Clemmons. Sadly, Johney Clemmons himself died from the asbestos fibers choking his […]
Read MoreLaurie Kazan-Allen Receives Award for Global Ban Asbestos Efforts
Saturday, December 21, 2013 marks the second anniversary of the death of Rachel Lee Jung-Lim. Rachel was a mesothelioma patient who died because of her asbestos-caused illness at age 39. But this young South Korean woman also became in the brief time left to her, a strong voice in the global ban asbestos fight. Rachel […]
Read MoreKazan Law Client Publishes New Book on Daily Life With Mesothelioma
Every one of our mesothelioma clients is unforgettable to us at Kazan Law. Each client is unique with their own story to tell. Even after many years of experience in asbestos litigation, we remember and cherish each of the lives that briefly touched ours before being cruelly extinguished by mesothelioma or other asbestos-related disease. We […]
Read MoreNew Asbestos Report – Where It’s Mined, Where There’s Illness and What’s Being Done About It
When it comes to asbestos exposure and its dire consequences, sadly it’s a small world after all. Asbestos is still mined in many countries, exported across borders and incorporated into products that get shipped around the globe. Malignant mesothelioma resulting from asbestos exposure spares no one based on nationality or ethnicity. That’s why I am […]
Read MoreVeteran Science Writer Defends Asbestos Victims’ Rights in the New York Times
The community of asbestos victims’ advocates although international in scope is a relatively small one. Most asbestos victims’ advocates are family members of asbestos victims or those of us involved in meeting their legal or medical needs. As a result most of what is written about asbestos and asbestos victims appears in publications and/or websites […]
Read MoreKazan Law’s Foundation Helps Those Who Help the Homeless
Recently, an item on the morning news caught my attention. It actually riveted me and stopped me in mid-lift of my coffee cup in a way few news items ever do. It was Pope Francis, the controversial new pope of the Catholic Church who is making news headlines by speaking out on behalf of the […]
Read MoreMesothelioma Treatment and Medicare
Because it may take decades for symptoms of malignant mesothelioma to develop to the point that it can be diagnosed, it is highly likely that a person suffering from mesothelioma could be over 65. And if a mesothelioma patient is over 65, it is possible that he or she is on Medicare. But you could […]
Read MoreNew Tool Invented To Detect Airborne Asbestos Exposure
When it comes to asbestos exposure, a little bit goes a long way in a very bad way. It takes only a tiny spec of asbestos fiber too small to be seen by the human eye to cause a lethal amount of asbestos exposure if regularly inhaled into the lungs over time. Then it takes […]
Read More9/11 Clean-up Workers Exposed to Asbestos Contamination Fear Losing Health Benefits
The dangers of asbestos contamination were well-documented long before terrorists struck on Sept. 11, 2001. But immediately afterward, a number of federal and state safeguards for cleaning up hazardous materials were waived because of the state of emergency, according to a new article just published in the suburban New York newspaper Newsday. After the Twin […]
Read MoreNew Evidence Reveals That Scientists Were Paid by Chrysotile Industry to Write Pro-Asbestos Article
When is a grant not a grant? When it is really a consulting fee, according to a group of angry asbestos activists, including several physicians. The asbestos activists recently wrote a scathing letter to the editor of a medical journal to protest an article it published that was favorable to asbestos. In their letter, which […]
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