03rd November 2008
Incredible as it seems---since so many countries today have generally accepted the dangers of asbestos for those exposed to it---Canada's government is accused of "misusing science" by refusing to release a report on the subject. Written by a panel of sci...
30th October 2008
A group of researchers is condemning Canada for its failure to act to protect workers in poorer countries that receive their exported asbestos. They accuse the Canadian government of protecting the asbestos industry at the risk of many lives in other coun...
15th October 2008
If you’ve been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you must of course find properly trained and educated medical professionals to help you deal with this disease. But the second most important thing you must do is consult with a mesothelioma attorney about you...
08th October 2008
Many pipe workers who lived and worked in California during the construction boom of the 60s and 70s are at risk for contracting the aggressive and fatal cancer known as mesothelioma, especially those who worked with cement pipe for water lines. The Reaso...
06th October 2008
Because the problem of rising numbers of mesothelioma victims is beginning to hit full stride—mesothelioma is an asbestos-exposure lung cancer that can take up to 50 years to show up—doctors and researchers are urging organizations to ramp up efforts ...
15th September 2008
The cost of properly disposing of asbestos can be high. But for a hospital to deliberately ignore safety precautions and expose its employees, patients, and their families to loose asbestos dust seems incredible in today's world, no matter what the motiva...
08th September 2008
Workers in a mine in Balangero, Italy were told they would be safe from getting mesothelioma because the chrysotile asbestos in the mine didn’t have tremolite fibers. An early report of “only two pleural cancers” was given as evidence that chrysotil...
28th August 2008
Incredible as it may seem—because the dangers of asbestos were already beginning to be known—back in the 50s the P. Lorillard Company was using deadly crocidolite fibers in its Kent cigarette filters. In a review guide on eBay, an asbestos-identifying...
22nd August 2008
People living and working in New York on that fateful day when the Twin Towers came down are becoming ill in growing numbers http://wcbstv.com/topstories/cancer.third.wave.2.244761.html World Trade first responders and others are developing chronic cou...
20th August 2008
Doctors don't always come up with the right diagnosis. If they make up their mind that a condition is X, it's hard for them to think about other explanations--sometimes even in the face of evidence that contradicts their initial idea.
Diseases of the c...
16th August 2008
Doctors don't always come up with the right diagnosis. If they make up their mind that a condition is X, it's hard for them to think about other explanations--sometimes even in the face of evidence that contradicts their initial idea.
Diseases of the c...
