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Asbestos organization celebrates 10 years of awareness efforts

Ten years ago, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) expanded their reach by making the first week of April National Asbestos Awareness Week. Soon after, other countries suffering from the carcinogen’s deadly effects joined and transformed the week into a global occasion. The ADAO started in 2004 to provide a voice for victims of asbestos while raising awareness about the dangers involved with exposure. Through advocacy, education and community, the organization works to achieve their vision of eliminating diseases caused by asbestos, including asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Now the largest asbestos-related nonprofit in the United States, ADAO holds the annual awareness...

29 May

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Asbestos in Ingram: The Local Risks

Residents of Ingram, a small borough located just four miles west of Pittsburgh, recently experienced an asbestos exposure scare. When an apartment owner renovated his building, a local man noticed a beige-colored shingle he immediately identified as asbestos. The owner of the complex didn’t bother to have the property inspected before construction began, thus exposing the workers to the dangerous effects of the fibrous carcinogen. The Allegheny County Health Department considers the presence of asbestos at more than one percent high, and after analysis determined the shingles presented from the site consisted of 30 percent asbestos. More than 30 years ago, asbestos use...

29 May

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RECENT RESULTS

We just resolved a trial group of 6 mesothelioma cases with great success. We obtained $1.4 million for a 69 year old glass plant worker; $1.75 million for an 80 year old steelworker; $2 million for a 77 year old aluminum plant worker and almost $3 million for a 69 year old boilermaker. Although we can’t guarantee these types of results in every case, you can see that our hard work really makes a difference in people’s lives. We have a staff dedicated to fighting big companies for our clients who were poisoned by simply going to work every day to...

29 May

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PITTSBURGH CORNING BANKRUPTCY