Asbestos injuries are old news, right?

Wrong. Asbestos still kills, even many years after exposure to the discredited insulation and fire-retardant product’s deadly fibers.

That’s the horrific news many Americans are still learning as they or their loved ones fall prey to asbestos cancer or the asbestos-caused disease mesothelioma.

For many years, such Americans toiled in honest labor to earn their place in the sun at retirement. But instead, many now find themselves suffering from a deadly disease caused by years of unwitting asbestos exposure on the job. (more…)

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Asbestos is all around us. But that doesn’t mean it’s killing us. You may have asbestos-laced insulation in your attic, yet as long as that insulation isn’t disturbed, you run little risk of inhaling its potentially deadly asbestos fibers, which can lead to cancer.

Sadly, for many workers asbestos exposure and asbestos poisoning are a daily occurrence – and often  without their knowledge. That apparently was the case for Ronald Deem, an Orange, Texas man who recently died after spending many years working in paper mills, chemical plants, refineries, military installations and other sites where asbestos exposure was suspected. His widow is now bringing an asbestos lawsuit for damages against his former employers and manufacturers – 39 companies, to be exact.
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