Global awareness of asbestos continues to increase. An Australian government agency issued late last week an advisory warning consumers...

As described in this article, Crown Cork and Seal continues its efforts to obtain legislative solutions for its unique asbestos...

Here’s another example of global activism regarding asbestos.  Here is the article online; the full text is pasted below. February 1,...

Remember those controversies about biased doctors misreading reading x-rays to find asbestosis or “pleural changes consistent with...

Here is the entire press release (which includes links)  regarding an April 10, 2010 asbestos disease awareness conference set for April...

A summary article from Insurance Business Review is online here, and is pasted below. ___________________________________________________...

The point of today’s post is to focus attention on issues and topics that arise from relationships between insolvencies and...

Here is the online image of Munich Re’s recent, comprehensive report on asbestos litigation, Asbestos: Anatomy of a Mass Tort. The 112...

Monday’s post (12/26) pointed out a variety of product liability, corporate law and compensation issues in the context of one nation...

I keep falling off the “global” side of things. So, this week, I’ll make a special effort to be more global. This week I’m also going to...

Here’s a pop quiz. Out of 83,000 or so chemicals, how many chemicals or chemical classes has EPA regulated under TSCA? 1,103? 5,279?...

Here is the Madison County Record’s weekly report on new asbestos claims filings. The article lists fourteen new claims. Five of the...

Ironic the difference a continent can make. In the US, companies usually do not promote their involvement in current or past production...

Current articles here and here follow up on a conference in Israel regarding a town there with high mesothelioma rates. Asbestos...

An article here describes a construction group in Dubai trying to raise consciousness regarding asbestos in building projects. This type...

A May 5, 2009 Slate article by Shaun Walker is about Russian towns that revolve around one industry. Such towns, he says, are known as...

New Scientist has a brief new online article that poses the question as it builds from an article in a journal titled Astrobiology. The...

U.S. v. W.R. Grace trial started February 19 in Missoula MT. The WSJ Law Blog notes that the case seems to be flying under the radar...

Wonk 411 posted a comment regarding my April 7 post on GIT. You can read the full comment under the post. In essence, Wonk 411 trys to...

A Swiss media article describes significant media and partisan attention focused on the first day of trial in an asbestos-related...