Archives for March 2018

A mesothelioma diagnosis often raises one painful question right away: how do you prove that asbestos exposure in mesothelioma cases in New Orleans is truly connected? For many families, the answer starts with tracing where exposure happened, when it happened, and what records can tie that exposure to the illness. While no two claims are […]

When families start looking into pleural vs peritoneal mesothelioma, they are usually trying to answer a very personal question: what kind of illness is this, where did it start, and what does that mean for treatment and legal action? Those questions matter because mesothelioma is not one single disease with one single path. It develops […]

Mesothelioma is known to have a long latency period. This means that you may not realize you are sick for a long time after your exposure. This can be as short as 10 years or as long as 50, but researchers think that the average latency period is between 35 and 40 years. It’s not […]

Unfortunately, yes. Asbestos exposure has been linked to a variety of diseases, including cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, lung cancer, and of course, mesothelioma. While mesothelioma rightly gets a lot of attention, it’s worth noting that most asbestos-related deaths are from lung cancer. Because mesothelioma tends to have a poor prognosis and affects older people […]

Asbestos use in the United States did not end in one clean moment. That is the part many people find surprising. A lot of Americans assume asbestos was banned outright decades ago and disappeared from worksites, homes, and consumer products all at once. In reality, the story is much more complicated. The use of asbestos […]