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 Recently released statistics from the US Geological Survey brings some hope to reducing asbestos disease in the US. 

Jon L. Gelman has been listed in New York Area's Top Rated Lawyers. The list is published by Martindale-Hubbell®.

Breathing dust, fumes, and other toxic substances from burn pits, exposed troops deployed overseas, those who worked for government contractors abroad, and other civilians, to serious hazards. Some of the chemicals were very toxic carcinogens and were deadly.

The US Bankruptcy Court has approved a $619 Million Asbestos Trust Fund. Paddock Enterprises LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of O-Glass, Inc., will emerge from bankruptcy. 

The epidemic of asbestos-related disease continues, and the rate of mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with inhaling asbestos fiber, is increasing in women.

The discussion addressed global issues impacting the workers’ compensation claim process, including claim identification and processing, pre-trial activity, and trial preparation.

The State of New Jersey now supports a ban on fracking. NJ Governor Pat Murphy recognized the health and environmental consequences of using this process to explore and mine for natural gas.

After 16 years of bankruptcy, the $3.5 Billion asbestos trust of Pittsburg Corning Corporation (PPG) opened for the business of paying asbestos victims and their families. PPG announced that the payment plan provided for under the asbestos companies bankruptcy reorganization plan effective April 27, 2016. PPG has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has been operating under asbestos-related Chapter 11 protection since April 16, 2000.

After 16 years of bankrutcy, the $3.5 Billion asbestos trust of Pittsburg Cornning Corporation (PPG) opened for the business of paying asbestos victims and their famiies. PPG anounce that that the payment plan provided for under the asbestos companies bankruptcy reorganization plan ffective April 27, 2016. 

A lawsuit was filed alleging that a former chemical operator at Hoffman-LaRoche in Nutley, New Jersey, was exposed to asbestos fiber and died of mesothelioma. A lawsuit was filed alleging that a former chemical operator at Hoffman-LaRoche in Nutley, New Jersey was exposed to asbestos fiber and died of mesothelioma. 

The International  Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO) classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer.