Cancers & Diseases

2018 Roundup Lawsuit: A California jury recently awarded a school groundskeeper $289 million – mostly to punish the agricultural company Monsanto. Monsanto had failed to warn consumers of the cancer risks posed by its weedkillers. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a form of cancer after using Roundup Weed Killer, you should speak to a lawyer today for a free consultation.

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There is some scientific evidence showing a potential link to cancer from exposure to Roundup Weed Killer’s active ingredient glyphosate. A recent study into the effects of glyphosate showed a potential link with cancer, as well as liver and kidney damage. Severe cases of liver or kidney damage can disrupt the body’s endocrine system, which regulates hormones. This disruption increases the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has statutory responsibility for preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

An occupational disease is a disease or disorder that is caused by the work or working conditions in NJ or elsewhere. This means that the disease must have developed due to exposures in the workplace and that the correlation between the exposures and the disease is well known in medical research.

Food poisoning and other food-borne illnesses are silent attackers. The tainted product often shows no signs of contamination—until our bodies react violently to the offending toxin, be it salmonella, E. coli, or other bacteria. Generally, we feel better with little or no treatment. But sometimes, serious internal injuries—or even death—can result.

When food manufacturers and restaurants fail to follow strict standards for quality, safety, and cleanliness, they should be held responsible. So if you’ve contracted food poisoning due to someone else’s negligence, contact foodborne illness attorney to advocate on your behalf.

Because the defects are microscopic, food-borne-illness claims are challenging to prove. However, we have a great deal of experience with these types of product liability cases, and we’ll work diligently to compile all the facts surrounding your affliction.

Undercooked meals and poorly manufactured food products are the chief reasons for food poisoning. We’ll perform meticulous due diligence to find out who is responsible for these oversights, often recruiting a network of qualified food-industry experts to help pinpoint the responsible party and pursue damages.

Feeling sick is the least of your problems with food poisoning. It can often lead to serious damage to the kidney and liver. In some cases, death can occur. Whether our personal injury attorneys negotiate a settlement of take your case to trial, we’re prepared to help you recover the compensation you deserve.

If you or a family member has suffered a serious personal injury, make sure you get the representation you deserve. Call our office today at 732.324.7600, or click here to contact a food poisoning attorney immediately.

Listeriosis, a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, is an important public health problem in the United States. The disease primarily affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems. However, rarely, persons without these risk factors can also be affected. The risk may be reduced by following recommendations for safe food preparation, consumption, and storage.

When two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink, the event is called a foodborne disease outbreak. The list on this page primarily represents multistate foodborne outbreak investigations involving Listeria since 2006 where CDC was the lead public health agency. For a complete listing of reported outbreaks please use the Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD) tool.

Adenoviruses are often spread by touching a contaminated person or surface, or through the air by coughing or sneezing. They are known to persist on unclean surfaces and medical instruments for long periods of time, and they may not be eliminated by common disinfectants, but they rarely cause severe illness in healthy people. However, people with weakened immune systems have a higher risk for severe disease, and they may remain contagious long after they recover, according to the CDC. Symptoms may appear two to 14 days after being exposed to the virus, the state health department said.

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with an adenovirus infection, please speak to an experienced lawyer at our firm today 732-324-7600.

Legionnaires’ disease is a bacterial ailment classified as a type of pneumonia. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Legionnaires’ can be contracted by breathing in water mist that contains the bacteria but does not spread person-to-person. The New York City Department of Health says the disease is generally traced to plumbing systems like hot tubs, humidifiers, cooling towers and large air conditioning systems. In this case, authorities have determined the disease has spread via five local cooling towers. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 8,000 to 18,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease each year. Those most at risk of infection are men and women over age 50, smokers, people with chronic lung disease and those with weak immune systems, according to the NIH. Most people who are infected will not get sick, but those who do can experience respiratory issues like fever, cough, and chills. Symptoms of the infection usually do not emerge until two to 10 days after exposure.

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with legionnaires’ disease, please speak to an experienced lawyer at our firm today 732-324-7600.

To read more about the outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in New York City, please visit this link.

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare, asbestos-related cancer that forms on the thin protective tissues that cover the lungs and abdomen. A combined approach to treatment is helping people improve their survival and ease symptoms, but many people will need to seek a mesothelioma or asbestos attorney.

Did you know that doctors diagnose an estimated 3,000 cases of mesothelioma annually in the U.S.? The majority of those are traced to job-related exposures to asbestos. Most people have the pleural type, which forms on the lining of the lungs, but the cancer can also form around the lining of the abdomen or heart.

Although asbestos use in this country has dropped in recent decades, a steady number of people are still getting mesothelioma. That’s because this cancer can take anywhere from 20 to 50 years after asbestos exposure before symptoms appear, and an oncologist can make a definitive diagnosis.

While there’s no cure for mesothelioma and the outlook is generally poor, researchers have made significant progress in understanding the cancer and developing new treatment options and alternative therapies.

These factors are courtesy of Asbestos.com.

Aside from risk factors associated with asbestos, exposure to minerals with similar properties to asbestos, a person’s age, gender, other elements may increase the likelihood of developing the disease.

Our NJ cancer attorneys can advise you of your legal rights. Call our office today at 732.324.7600, or click here to contact us immediately.