Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Video evidence from one of my favorite cases

Thursday, September 2, 2010

California lawmakers advance law to dump asbestos mineral as official state rock


This is what happened at my last mesothelioma case

Lawmakers in California are working on a new bill that would strip serpentine—a naturally occurring mineral that often contains a type of asbestos known as chrysotile—of its status as the official state rock.

In a recent Associated Press article, Senator Gloria Romero, who proposed the bill, states that having an asbestos-containing substance as the Golden State’s official rock sends a poor public health message due to the link between asbestos and mesothelioma:

 "This is a question of health and public awareness. We know that California has the highest rates of mesothelioma deaths in the nation and we don’t think it’s appropriate to be celebrating as the state rock something which contains asbestos."