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<http://www.mesotheliomaresourceonline.com/index.html> has

information on mesothelioma symptoms, treatment, common

questions about the disease, finding U.S. top law firms

and attorneys, advice, articles on various diseases.

Also features detailed section describing what

mesothelioma cancer is, the role of asbestos in the

contraction of this form of lung cancer and who are

mostly at risk of contracting the asbestos disease.

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It is very rare cancer form. How strong is the connection between asbestos and mesothelioma?

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It is rare but a very popular topic on the internet. The reason? People are trying to make money on the bac k of it.

"Mesothelioma" is one of the most bid for terms on Google AdWords with people reputedly paying around $80 a click when I last saw... it's therefore not surprising that the original post has AdSense on it...

Aaron

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altyfc wrote:

It is rare but a very popular topic on the internet. The reason? People are trying to make money on the bac k of it.

"Mesothelioma" is one of the most bid for terms on Google AdWords with people reputedly paying around $80 a click when I last saw... it's therefore not surprising that the original post has AdSense on it...

Aaron

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Many lawsuits in the US sounds incredible for people in Europe. Has anyone won a lawsuit for mesothelioma?

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"Madison County is one of the few places in America where corporations don't rule and where asbestos victims can get justice."

I am not convinced that they fight for justice, there is too much greed regarding these lawsuits.

$34 million is crazy large amount of money to award one person. The money should go to medical reasearch.

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I do agree that it's absurd to give $34 million to one person, but I also believe that the amount of money that the company is required to pay needs to be substantial like $34 million; otherwise, the result of lawsuit would give no incentive to the company to not repeat wrong doings. Perhaps the more meaningful way to finalize this type of lawsuit is ...

1. Demand the company to pay huge amount of money

2. A good part of it will go to medical research and so forth automatically and

3. The rest would go to the victim?

What do you think?

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I agree that the companies should be punished so that mistakes are not repeated, just hope the punishment does not destroy a good company.
Alof of the information that are available today are from new research so don't take for granted that the company is the bad guy hiding information from workers, they might not know that something is dangerous for workers as we know today.
Living is risky, everyday we take choices that can reduce our health. We must also take responsibility for our own choices.

The danger of lawsuits are that people tend to blame others for negative things in their life.
Working environment is one of the factors, but maybe if the person has healthy diet, don't smoke and live healthy in other ways, he/she would not get cancer.

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I agree that the companies should be punished so that mistakes are not repeated, just hope the punishment does not destroy a good company.
Alof of the information that are available today are from new research so don't take for granted that the company is the bad guy hiding information from workers, they might not know that something was dangerous for workers then as we know today.
Living is risky, everyday we take choices that can reduce our health. We must also take responsibility for our own choices.

The danger of lawsuits are that people tend to blame others for negative things in their life.
Working environment is one of the factors, but maybe if the person has healthy diet, don't smoke and live healthy in other ways, he/she could reduce the risk of getting cancer.

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You're absolutely right, but given the recent record of FDA and the surrounding environment created by pharmaceuticals, it's kind of hard to believe that companies are doing what they can to improve the quality of healthcare in the society.

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Hi,

I came across this thread, and although it's very old, I just thought I should add my nickel's worth.

Mesothelioma may be rare in the general community, but in people who have been exposed to asbestos dust it's actually much more common. The connection between asbestos exposure and asbestosis and mesothelioma is well established.

The reason why there's probably a lot of internet discussion on this topic is that mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive form of cancer which is almost always fatal, and from diagnosis to demise is usually a very short period (months at best, usually).

And unfortunately, it cannot be prevented by a healthy diet or lifestyle, so far as I am aware.

$34 million is a ridiculously huge amount from one point of view, but on the other hand, if that's the "going rate" with the Courts, then it's reasonable.

Many companies knew about the dangers of asbestos, but continued to expose their workers to it long after the dangers were known. That's extreme negligence in my book, and especially when the results are so dire.