As it grows colder outside, families across the country are turning their focus onto winterizing their homes, hoping to keep their heating usage and bills in check. For most of the country, the winter season means closed windows, recirculated air and …
Fears surrounding asbestos exposure surged recently due to several major natural disasters. From Turkish earthquakes to tornadoes in Australia and hurricanes in the West Indies, fears moved from the events themselves to what happens in the aftermath of …
Recently, Scottish researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow discovered a new chemotherapy delivery system for patients suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer. Mesothelioma is a deadly disease that affects the pleura …
Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, a team of international scientists and researchers published a pioneering paper about a genetic predisposition to malignant mesothelioma. Initially, the research team set out …
Recently released reports by the state of Virginia Department of Labor and Industry indicated that asbestos exposure occurred among at least a dozen individuals at the Surry nuclear power plant in April. According to Cory Nealon of the Daily Press, the …
Mesothelioma, a rare cancer affecting the lining of the lungs, chest wall, and abdominal cavity, is caused by toxin-induced inflammation of this membrane, a thin layer of cells known as the mesothelium. Up until the late 1970s, mesothelioma had only been …
Recently, unnerving amounts of asbestos were discovered in a public housing community in Wilmington, NC according to a report by the WECT News Channel 6 news team. It was the discovered that the complex, which was already scheduled for renovations, has not …
Thailand’s Association of Occupational and Environmental Health has drafted a letter to the country’s industry minister to urge him to continue monitoring moves towards a ban on the use of asbestos, a toxic mineral that is known to cause cancer among those …
According to several Montana newspaper sources, a state civil court has approved $43 million settlement for those exposed to asbestos at the Libby. MT mine operated by W.R. Grace. The settlement’s approval will end a nearly decade-long legal battle between …
It has recently become public knowledge that the British government is negotiating plans to have asbestos victims pay their own legal costs in legal compensation battles, and mesothelioma support groups and workers unions are fighting back. “Victims have …
Labor disputes and the ongoing debate over Canada’s export of highly toxic asbestos has forced Quebec-based LAB Chrysotile to announce that they may be closing their Therford Mines in the city of Asbestos. Although the use of asbestos has been banned in …
In the 1990’s, the vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana made the sleepy town synonymous with asbestos exposure, cancer and asbestos injury mortality. However, it is important to remember that the asbestos-containing vermiculite mined in Libby was …
For as much as some industrial groups would like to argue the contrary, it has been proven time and time again that asbestos causes cancer. This highly toxic mineral fiber was used throughout the 19 th and 20 th centuries in a variety of industries, but …
The recently updated 12th Report on Carcinogens, a public health document mandated by Congress, was released earlier this month by the Washingotn, D.C.-based U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The report lists 54 chemicals, metals, pesticides, …
Ronald Garwood, of Acomb, England, died in 2009 of an asbestos-related, occupational cancer at the age of 68. Garwood’s widow, Marjorie, is not sure where and when her husband was exposed to asbestos, but she believes it was while he was working as a …
Joan Hayburn, 68, died on July 1 st at Overgate Hospice in Elland, England. The cause of death was a malignant tumor in her left lung, which a coroner determined was the result of prolonged asbestos exposure. Asbestos is a highly toxic mineral fiber that …
The Wallsend, England-based Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund (MKMRF) reached a fundraising milestone during its ninth annual ball. Just 10 years after founder Chris Knighton’s husband died of mesothelioma, leading to the foundation of the …
Several Washington-D.C. based health organizations believe that the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which has not been updated since 1976, is not strong enough to keep the most vulnerable members of society, infants and children, safe from the risks …
Insurers of the now defunct Woolworths retailer may be facing a compensation claim worth millions of British pounds, now that the husband of an ex-cashier is holding the company accountable for his wife’s death. Betty Westhead worked Woolworths’ Durham …
Pamela Whitemore, of Spondon, England, is yet another casualty of second-hand asbestos exposure. This highly toxic mineral fiber that was used in several industries up until the 1980’s is known to cause several illnesses, such as asbestosis, lung cancer …
