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The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation, formerly MARF) is a nonprofit organization funded by charitable donations [1] that in turn funds mesothelioma research, provides support services to patients, educates the public, and advocates in Washington, DC for governmental funding for mesothelioma research.
Typically an asbestos plaintiff is exposed to a mixture of products during a thirty-year career in the building trades. It takes between twenty and fifty years from first exposure to the development of asbestos-caused cancer, so work histories, employment, military and social security records are used to help prove the plaintiff's exposure to various asbestos products throughout his or her career.
[1] [3] Less commonly the lining of the abdomen and rarely the sac surrounding the heart, [11] or the sac surrounding each testis may be affected. [1] [12] Signs and symptoms of mesothelioma may include shortness of breath due to fluid around the lung, a swollen abdomen, chest wall pain, cough, feeling tired, and weight loss. [1]
(Reuters) -A state judge in Oregon has overturned a jury's $260 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she got mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to ...
Navigating a mesothelioma diagnosis isn’t easy. Focusing on your health is a priority, because finding the latest treatment protocols and the best specialists can make all the difference.
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, as a result of using the company's talc ...
Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...
The Harmony Society church in Old Economy Village, Pennsylvania. The Harmony Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785.Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, the group moved to the United States, [1] where representatives initially purchased land in Butler County, Pennsylvania.