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• Report to Congress on Workers' Home Contamination StudyThis report to Congress and the Workers' Family Protection Task Force summarizes the incidents of home contamination this study has discovered, including the health consequences, the sources, and the levels of contamination.
• Haledon Man Sues Asbestos Plant For Wife's Death Due to MesotheliomaA Haledon man is suing his World War II employer for damages in connection with the death of his wife, claiming that she died from asbestos particles from his job.
• ASBESTOSIS AMONG HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS OF ASBESTOS FACTORY WORKERS*A source of home contamination of asbestos is associated with individual exposure from dust adhering to shoes, hair, and work clothing brought home for laundering.
• $7 Million Verdict Upheld for Wife of Asbestos Worker for Handling Workers ClothesA NJ Appellate Court upheld an award of $7 Million dollars to the wife of an asbestos worker. The spouse washed her hushand's street clothes that he used at work. She developed mesothelioma, a cancer associated with exposure to asbestos fiber, as a result of laundering her husband's contaminated clothing.
• Protect Your Family from Exposures to AsbestosGenerally, you can't tell whether a material contains asbestos simply by looking at it, unless it is labeled. If in doubt, treat the material as if it contains asbestos and leave it alone.
• About Asbestos/Mesothelioma Litigation and ClaimsFor over five decades, Jon Gelman has represented thousands of individuals who have become ill because of exposure to asbestos fiber. He is the author of a nationally recognized treatise, now in its 3rd edition, on the subject. Jon Gelman has lectured extensively on asbestos litigation. On behalf of his clients, he has successfully brought claims against the suppliers, manufacturers, and health research groups of asbestos fiber and products. These claims are usually called product liability case
• $6.5 Million Awarded to Woman in Secondhand Asbestos Case / Exposure traced to shipyard in '40sAn Alameda County jury has awarded $6.5 million to a Kansas woman dying of cancer, saying that her illness is the result of childhood exposure to asbestos that her parents carried from their shipyard job in the 1940s to their then-San Bruno home.
• Report to Congress on Workers' Home Contamination Study Conducted Under The Workers' Family Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 671a)In 1992, the U.S. Congress passed the Workers’ Family Protection Act (Public Law 102-522, 29 U.S.C. 671), which requested that the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conduct a study to “evaluate the potential for, prevalence of, and issues related to the contamination of workers’ homes with hazardous chemicals and substances…transported from the workplaces of such workers.” With this respect, Congress identified a compelling public health issue, bridging health c
• Asbestos, the saver of lives, has a deadly side NYTimes Jan 21, 1973Shipyard work attracted about 4.5‐million Americans into its ranks at one time or another during World War II, and an estimated 3.25‐million of those people are still alive. If they think about the experience at all these days it is probably to again remind themselves with satisfaction that things could have been worse.
• Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 895 A. 2d 1143 - NJ: Supreme Court 2006We hold that to the extent Exxon Mobil owed a duty to workers on its premises for the foreseeable risk of exposure to friable asbestos and asbestos dust, similarly, Exxon Mobil owed a duty to spouses handling the workers' unprotected work clothing based on the foreseeable risk of exposure from asbestos borne home on contaminated clothing. We agree with the Appellate Division's assessment of the fairness and justness of imposing on Exxon Mobil such a duty to plaintiff's wife.