Asbestos Disease Projections Too Low
“Science Daily – Current predictions of the future incidence of asbestos-related disease have been substantially underestimated, according to new
modeling to be presented in Melbourne today by an epidemiologist from The Australian National University.”
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Conference: Asbestos Dangers Often Ignored
“Philadelphia – Just like in a grainy 1940s film, the factory worker breathes in the asbestos-laden dust, while the corporate executive sits comfortably in his plush office, overseeing from 12 stories up. This is one example of the type of scenarios discussed at Saturday's third annual Asbestos Awareness Day conference at the Drexel University College of Medicine Saturday.
A reported 90,000 people a year die in the U.S. from asbestos-caused diseases said Linda Reinstein, executive director and co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization...”
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Belluck & Fox Partner Jordan Fox Appointed to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Product Liability Committee
Belluck & Fox partner Jordan Fox has been appointed to the
Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Product Liability Committee.
Mr. Fox is one of the nation’s most experienced product liability litigators and
for the past eleven years he has represented and counseled victims of asbestos
exposure, lead paint exposure and other environmental injuries.
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Belluck & Fox Partner Joseph W. Belluck Establishes Civil Justice Professorship at SUNY - Buffalo Law School
The University of Buffalo Law School has created a new civil justice professorship through a generous donation by Belluck & Fox partner Joseph W. Belluck and his wife Laura L. Aswad.
Mr. Belluck is a 1994 graduate of the Law School, where he served as Articles
Editor of the Buffalo Law Review, received the New York State Bar Association’s
Legal Ethics Award and completed his law degree magna cum laude.
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Alimta® and Paraplatin® Effective and Well-Tolerated in Mesothelioma
According to an article recently published in the Journal of Clinical
Oncology, the treatment combination consisting of Alimta® (pemetrexed) and
Paraplatin® (carboplatin) is an effective and well-tolerated regimen for the
treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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Early Chemotherapy Improves Outcomes for Mesothelioma
Researchers from the United Kingdom have reported
that immediate treatment with chemotherapy improves
survival rates at one year and provides improved quality
of life compared to administering chemotherapy once
symptoms occur in patients with malignant mesothelioma.
The details of this analysis were published in the
February 2006 issue of the Annals of Oncology.
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Tomudex® Plus Platinol® and Platinol Alone Reduce Dyspnea in Patients with Mesothelioma
Researchers affiliated with the European Organization
for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Lung Cancer
Group and the National Cancer Institute of Canada have
reported that the combination of Tomudex (raltitrexed)
and Platinol® (cisplatin) or Platinol alone decrease
dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
(MPM). The details of this randomized phase III trial
evaluating quality of life parameters were reported in
the March 20, 2006, issue of the Journal of Clinical
Oncology.
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Brooklyn Refinery Spill Will Take Decades to Clean Up
An underground oil slick, spread out over an area as big as 41 football
fields, is caused by a slow leak from one of the petroleum bulkheads lining a
canal in Brooklyn, New York. The oil slick left by the 17 million gallon spill
is beneath the industrial yards and townhouses of the Greenpoint section of
Brooklyn.
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Belluck & Fox Represents Families
of Teenage Boys Killed in New York City by Mishandled 911 Call
Belluck & Fox has been retained to represent the families of three boys who
were died off the coast of New York City’s City Island. The boys, Henry
Badillo, Carlo Wertenbaker and Max Guarino, were in a boat off the coast of City
Island in January 2003 when they called 911 from a cell phone for help. The 911
operator failed to dispatch the New York City Police Department’s harbor unit,
or notify the Coast Guard or local fire officials.
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