http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com Mesothelioma News Online covering News on Mesothelioma Cancer Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:13:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information for Oregon asbestos attorneys. Portland, Oregon (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – Asbestos removal at a former library at Linfield College has reportedly begun. As reported by The Linfield Review, officials hope to have complete removal and renovations to the building take place during the summer. Glenn ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/13/former-college-library-asbestos-removal-begins_20100313356.html As reported by Detroit Free Press -- Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69. Olsen was diagnosed last year with mesothelioma, a cancer ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/13/mesothelioma-death-reported-merlin-olsen-dead-69_20100313355.html 03/13/2010 New York, NY- The city of New York enacted several new regulations and laws to help protect and ensure the safety of asbestos abatement contractors and workers, who handle the toxic asbestos fibers that are prevalent in buildings throughout the city. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Department of ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/13/mesothelioma-lawsuit-helpline-new-york-city-established-new-laws-and-regulations-involving-asbestos-abatement_20100313354.html Colorado Springs, CO-Colorado Springs fire crews may have been exposed to a potentially deadly cancer-causing agent known as asbestos, when they responded to a house fire on Thursday, December 31, 2009. Firefighters rushed the house fire on the 5200 block of Tomah Circle around 6:15 p.m., where no injuries ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/12/colorado-springs-house-fire-possibly-exposed-firefighters-to-asbestos_20100312351.html Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information for Missouri asbestos attorneys. St. Louis (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – A Missouri man has been sentenced in a case stemming from his allegedly filing asbestos inspection reports that were falsified. As reported by KSDK, Calvin Burks, 57, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/10/missouri-man-sentenced-in-false-asbestos-reports-case_20100310353.html Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information for Virginia asbestos attorneys. Richmond, Virginia (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – A bill that would have limited liability of a Fortune 500 company in asbestos claims has been killed by a Virginia Senate committee. As reported by The Washington Post, the Senate Commerce and Labor ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/10/asbestos-lawsuit-protection-bill-killed-by-senate-committee_20100310352.html The chairs for the Philadelphia conference have been announced. Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information for Philadelphia asbestos attorneys. Philadelphia (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – The chairs for the “Asbestos Insurance Litigation Conference” in Philadelphia have been announced. As reported on RedOrbit.com via PRNewswire, Tom Hagy, CEO of HB Litigation Conferences announced ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/09/chairs-announced-for-asbestos-insurance-conference_20100309350.html Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information on asbestos attorneys and law. Australia (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – A union has found that liquefied natural gas project workers were exposed to dangerous asbestos levels. As reported by AAP, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) state secretary Steve McCartney recently alleged the lives of ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/08/union-finds-workers-exposed-to-asbestos_20100308349.html Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information for U.S. asbestos attorneys. U.S. (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – New research suggests a vaccine being tested for the prevention of mesothelioma is safe. As reported by HealthDay News, the research is the first dendritic cell-based immunotherapy tested for patients with the asbestos-related cancer. Dr. Joachim ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/08/study-suggests-asbestos-cancer-vaccine-is-safe_20100308348.html Mesothelioma Cancer News provides news and information for Washington asbestos attorneys. Washington (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – Montana Senator Max Baucus is calling for the implementation of an “Asbestos Awareness Week.” As reported by KAJ18 News, the Senator recently introduced a declaration that would make the week designated for the beginning of ... http://www.mesotheliomacancernews.com/2010/03/08/asbestos-awareness-week-proposed_20100308345.html