EPA Proposes Ban on Chrysotile Asbestos

by Andrew S. Wainwright | Apr 6, 2022 | Asbestos, Chrysotile asbestos, EPA, Mesothelioma and Asbestos

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed following 70 other countries by banning the most common form of asbestos, chrysotile, from import and use here. Through most of the twentieth century asbestos was used in building and industrial...

Brigham Mesothelioma Researchers Investigate Women’s Better Survival Rates

by Andrew S. Wainwright | Mar 16, 2022 | International Mesothelioma Program, Mesothelioma, Mesothelioma and Asbestos

A recent study authored by researchers from the International Mesothelioma Program of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital (IMP) and others has examined the correlation of estrogen and the incidence and survival of mesothelioma. The article describing the study,...

New Mesothelioma Drug Fast Tracked by FDA

by Andrew S. Wainwright | May 5, 2021 | Mesothelioma, Mesothelioma and Asbestos, ONCOS-102

The immunotherapy drug ONCOS-102 has been granted Fast Track designation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Fast Track designation speeds up the regulatory review process for the drug. What Is ONCOS-102? ONCOS-102 is an immune activator designed for pleural...

EPA Must Fully Protect Americans From Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma

by Andrew S. Wainwright | Mar 3, 2021 | Asbestos, EPA, Mesothelioma, Mesothelioma and Asbestos

In May of 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a review of continuing dangers associated with asbestos, pursuant to the  the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  This risk evaluation was widely criticized by scientists and...

EPA Issues Inadequate Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation

by Andrew S. Wainwright | Jun 2, 2020 | Asbestos, Cancer, Mesothelioma and Asbestos

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation that will keep Americans at severe risk of deadly exposure to asbestos according to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. The ADAO, an independent nonprofit dedicated to...

Masks and Respirators as Protection

by Andrew S. Wainwright | Mar 11, 2020 | Mesothelioma and Asbestos

By: Andrew S. Wainwright As the world confronts the novel coronavirus (and its associated illness, COVID-19), we are becoming more aware of how masks and respirators can, potentially, protect us from airborne contaminants. Individual respiratory protection devices...