06 Jun
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Contributing experts worldwide on the asbestos-related mesothelioma cancer, will join meso patients, caregivers, loved ones and advocates to allocate the most modern trends in mesothelioma treatment, research and clinical trials at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma, 2008, Thursday, June 26 – Saturday, June 28 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol [...]
Leo Flynt, a resident of Florida, suffering from mesothelioma cancer accused an asbestos suit in Madison County Circuit Court May 22, asserting his disease was caused in an unfair manner.
Flynt was actually employed as an electrician from 1946 through 1977 at different locations in Florida, Indiana and Illinois. He alleges that during the course of [...]
The Pectel Group, the premier harmful waste removal companies in the United Kingdom has donated £10,000 to the Specialist Kent and Medway Cancer Network Mesothelioma team, having their base operations at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent.
The Pectel Group had previously organized a dress down day on the 27th February 2008 to back up the [...]
Dr. Robert Gale Martin, the originator of Carolina Eye Associates in Pinehurst, North Carolina, expired of Mesothelioma at the age of 65. Carolina Eye Associates (founded in 1982) was the first ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center east of the Mississippi. The ace ophthalmologist was diagnosed with malignant Mesothelioma two years before.
Dr. Martin was one [...]
06 Jun
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MISSOURI, April 21, 2008 – A builder projecting a .5 million residential and commercial plaza in O’Fallon, Missouri was surprised when the labor leveling the site last year brought out an unlawful deposit filled with asbestos piping, big-sized barrels, second hand hypodermic needles, and other illegal stuff.
Asbestos is an unsafe fibrous amphibole that can [...]
06 Jun
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MINNESOTA, April 12, 2008 – The Minnesota House of Representatives gives permission for US.9 million funds to help explore a study of Mesothelioma, a rare but deadly form of lung cancer usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust.
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation discovered that at least 58 people in Minnesota State have been diagnosed with [...]
Action Mesothelioma Day was launched on February 27, 2006 as an initiative by British Lung Foundation (BLF) with the help of other groups, to build awareness about the killer cancerous disease, mesothelioma, caused due to asbestos exposure.
In continuation to the campaign set up in 2006, events related to support mesothelioma and spread awareness [...]
Asbestos in toy products
Planet Toys’ premium toy, Planet Toys’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigationâ„¢ Fingerprint Examination Kit, tested by three laboratories indicated white “fingerprint dust†in the kits, which contained high levels of tremolite asbestos.
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) appreciated Planet Toys’ decision to remove the toy from the US market that has tested positive for asbestos [...]
The year 2007 has revealed an increase in the number of people with mesothelioma occurring between the ages of thirty and forty years.
Every year, as much as 2,000 to 3,000 new patients are diagnosed with mesothelioma. An estimated seventy-five percent cases are caused by direct exposure to asbestos is the main cause.
As a [...]
The family of a man who died of mesothelioma has won a .5 million dollar settlement in an asbestos exposure case.
Robert Wagner installed tiles, wood, and many other materials that contained asbestos. Most of his work was done before OSHA had regulations in place to deal with asbestos on construction sites.
Wagner died of mesothelioma 30 [...]