Asbestos Lung Disease

• Asbestos Lung Disease - A Primer for Patients, Physicians and Lawyers -- A detailed review of asbestos as a product, and the diseases it can cause. This web site is linked to additional pages by Dr. Martin that include references, medical cases and internet links.
• Runaway Asbestos Litigation - Why it's a Medical Problem -- Runaway asbestos would not be possible without the complicity of doctors who get paid to make asbestos diagnoses. When evaluated objectively, over 90% of these diagnoses are found to be invalid. The problem thus is as much "medical" as it is "legal".
• Asbestos - Junk science published in Chest -- Detailed critique of a "junk science" article on asbestos disease. The article appeared in Chest, the official medical journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, February 2004.
• Mass Asbestos Screening -- A Medical Scam -- Powerpoint presentation on this topic, presented at U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform conference, Washington, D.C. July 20, 2005.
• Silicosis - Medical AspectsPowerpoint presentation on this topic, presented at Mealey's LexisNexis "Silica Litigation & Medicine Conference," Los Angeles, November 14, 2005. Includes information relating silicosis MDL litigation to the asbestos screening scam.
• Asbestos and Junk Science - Different Perspectives on the Internet -- Lists four different categories of web sites that apply the term "junk science" to an asbestos issue. Also lists books on junk science from Amazon.com.

  2004 ATS Official Statement on Asbestos Disease Asbestos Diagnosis: ATS Official Statement 2004 -- a Flawed & Biased Statement -- Detailed critique of the American Thoracic Society's Official Statement on Diagnosis of Nonmalignant Asbestos Disease. The Statement was published September 15,2004 in the Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM). Asbestos Diagnosis: ATS Official Statement 2004 -- Omitted References -- An annotated list of key references that were omitted by the 2004 ATS Asbestos Statement ATS Bias: Origins of Anti-Science in the 2004 Official Statement on Asbestos Diagnosis -- This web site shows specific biases of some key people behind the 2004 ATS Asbestos Statement The 2004 Asbestos Statement is being used (or abused) to support plaintiff claims -- An actual deposition (mine!) is quoted as example. The above 4 HTML documents deal with problems in the American Thoracic Society's Official Statement on Asbestos Disease Diagnosis, published September 2004. Much of the information in the first three of these web sites can also be found in a single 35-page paper in pdf format, The 2004 ATS Statement on Asbestos Disease Diagnosis: Scientific and Ethical Problems An Open Letter to ATS/AJRCCM 2004 -- This web site contains a letter sent 12/27/04 regarding the 2004 ATS Asbestos Statement An Open Letter to Dr. Wagner, 2005 ATS President -- This web site contains a letter sent 9/15/05, on the first anniversary of the 2004 ATS Asbestos Statement

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