NEW YORK MESOTHELIOMA
NY declares September 26 Mesothelioma Awareness Day

NYS establishes a special day for mesothelioma awareness.

Weitz & Luxenberg supports New York state's decision to recognize September 26 as Mesothelioma Awareness Day.

The law firm knows first-hand how this fatal asbestos-related disease can wreck havoc on a family and their financial security. Weitz & Luxenberg has protected the legal rights of asbestos-injured workers and their families since 1986. And since then the firm’s mesothelioma lawyers have achieved several billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients to help compensate them for medical bills, lost wages and suffering.

NEWS BULLETIN

October 15, 2009 - New York Governor David Patterson has declared September 26 "Mesothelioma Awareness Day." Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, kills approximately 3,000 Americans every year.

New York ranked No. 3 for mesothelioma

New York mesothelioma. New York state may be No. 1 for international commerce and the performing arts, but it also has the dubious distinction of being the third highest ranking state in the country for asbestos-related deaths, according to a study by the EWG Action Fund, a non-profit environmental research group based in Washington, D.C.

At least 2,626 persons were killed by asbestos poisoning in New York state between 1979 and 2001, according to the study. The report says that figure is a low estimate and could feasibly have exceeded 4,000 deaths due to incomplete death certificate records during the 22-year period.

New Jersey ranked No. 6 for mesothelioma

In New Jersey, State Senator Tom Kean has proposed that his state recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day in an effort to make sure that lawmakers, cancer researchers and the general public remember the asbestos-related New Jersey deaths that have been recorded.

Between 1979 and 2001, New Jersey ranked No. 6 in the nation for fatalities related to asbestos exposure, with 12 counties recording unusually high numbers of asbestos-related deaths.

Kentucky mesothelioma

In Kentucky, the state House of Representatives issued a proclamation to recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day and to honor former state legislator Ron Cyrus, who died from the disease.

Mesothelioma Awareness Day

The first Mesothelioma Awareness Day was held in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 2003. The industrial pollutants generated by the area’s steel mills, coal mines and other plants and factories, and the lung diseases that many of the workers in those facilities suffer prompted a group to approach the Pittsburgh City Council.

The group requested that they recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day to help let other workers know about the dangerous disease and raise funds to finance treatments and clinical trials for patients.

Supporters chose September 26 to commemorate the wedding anniversary of a patient who died from mesothelioma and his widow, who brought the cause to their attention.

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