Asbestos Cancer - Lit list: the books of 2006

Lit list: the books of 2006
Australian, Australia - 7 hours ago... gestation and was written only after its author survived a rare form of cancer. ... THE James Hardie asbestos scandal has created a Peter Falconio case-like race ...
Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

Asbestos Cancer - Man remembers asbestos near old Kubota factory

Man remembers asbestos near old Kubota factory
TMCnet - Dec 27, 2005... Asbestos is a fibrous mineral used in buildings, among other things, which is known to cause diseases such as mesothelioma, a rare cancer found in the lining ...
Source: www.tmcnet.com

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos tests slated after tower demolition

Asbestos tests slated after tower demolition
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Dec 3, 2005... Officials say they told him all asbestos had been removed, and tests found none of the cancer-causing fibers in the building air. ...
Source: www.argusleader.com

T power plant is cleaned up after long delay
Boston Globe, United States - Dec 25, 2005... The site, which was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos and lead-glazed bricks, was a longtime blight on the neighborhood, residents say. ...
Source: www.boston.com

Asbestos Cancer - Our sense of security, safety was shaken in '05

Our sense of security, safety was shaken in '05
Daily Yomiuri Online - Dec 23 10:48 AM
It was a year when our sense of security and safety in our daily life, which we had taken for granted, was greatly shaken. We wonder whether some unexpected changes may have taken place in the foundations for people's confidence that implicitly underpins our society.Save to My Web

Widow warns of asbestos cancer
The Morning Call - Dec 26 12:21 AM
Somewhere in Joseph Miletto's long line of hard-labor jobs, the Lower Macungie Township man inhaled or swallowed tiny particles of asbestos.Save to My Web

Flannery worth scrutinising
The Border Mail - Dec 20 3:16 PM
FURTHER to Jeff Lewrys letter on global warming (The Border Mail November 28), I would urge each of us, especially high school students, to read Tim Flannerys book The Weather Makers.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Man reported dead from asbestos dust

Man reported dead from asbestos dust
Science Daily (press release) - Dec 15, 2005... Natural asbestos linked to cancer (July 17, 2005) -- A new UC-Davis study links natural asbestos to the risk of a rare type of cancer, but says the overall ...
Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Source: The Asbestos Study Group
Yahoo! News (press release) - Dec 19, 2005... the privately funded study overestimates the number of claims to be made against the asbestos trust fund from individuals suffering from lung cancer and other ...
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Asbestos Cancer - Time to take action and fight asbestos

Time to take action and fight asbestos
Norwich Evening News, UK - Dec 27, 2005... being exposed to asbestos after working in boiler rooms when he was a Naval Officer. He died eight months after he was diagnosed with small cell cancer of the ...
Source: www.eveningnews24.co.uk

Cooper Details Asbestos Settlement
MSN Money - Dec 19, 2005... Corp. in 1998. Brake pads and linings were commonly made with asbestos before the fiber was found to cause lung diseases and cancer. ...
Source: moneycentral.msn.com

Asbestos Cancer - Cooper details asbestos settlement

Cooper details asbestos settlement
BusinessWeek - DEC. 19 11:32 A.M. ET Cooper Industries Ltd., a maker of electrical products and hand tools, said Monday that it agreed to contribute $130 million in cash and 1.4 million shares to a trust designed to resolve asbestos claims associated with its

Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas--ReligionIllness teaches farmer
Corsicana Daily Sun - Two years ago at Christmas, Leon Smith, a dairy farmer from Stevens County, awaited his death. Nine months earlier, just before Easter of 2003, Leon learned that he had mesothelioma, a rare lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. His oncologist

Hilton, Flyi, Merck, Ford, GM likely to feature
Investors Business Daily - U.S. stocks looked set for a flat start, with a multi-billion dollar hotels deal and gyrations of the energy markets in focus. Data showed that weekly jobless claims nosed higher by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 322,000 in the week ending Dec. 24

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos tests slated after tower demolition

Asbestos tests slated after tower demolition
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Dec 3, 2005... Officials say they told him all asbestos had been removed, and tests found none of the cancer-causing fibers in the building air. ...
Source: www.argusleader.com

Asbestos Cancer - Cancer linked to building materials affects Chinese

Cancer linked to building materials affects Chinese
- BEIJING, Dec. 20 -- China could face a big increase in the incidence of a rare but deadly form of cancer linked to asbestos by 2030 if it doesn't take proper measures to rid buildings of the material, doctors said over the weekend. US-based Eli Lilly

Fears grow that tiny particles may pose major health risks
Seattle Times - Professor Robert Hurt is one of several professors from Brown University sharing a $1.8 million, four-year grant to study the effects of nanoparticles on human and animal cells. PROVIDENCE, R.I. Those stain-resistant khakis you just picked up at

Asbestos Cancer - Doubts over X-rays cloud asbestos case

Doubts over X-rays cloud asbestos case
International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 29, 2005... a fire-retardant material that can cause a particularly pernicious form of lung cancer, and more than $70 billion has been spent on asbestos litigation - $49 ...
Source: www.iht.com

Jury awards $52.5 million in asbestos case
Boston Globe, United States - Dec 10, 2005... Asbestos was commonly used until the mid-1970s in insulation. When inhaled, the tiny fibers can cause cancer and other diseases that often take decades to ...
Source: www.boston.com

Japanese govt backs US$25,000 in compensation to asbestos victims
China Daily, China - Dec 26, 2005... The recent disclosure of hundreds of cancer deaths linked to asbestos in Japan has triggered mounting concern about the material's widespread use in the country ...
Source: www.chinadaily.com.cn

Asbestos Cancer - Flannery worth scrutinising

Flannery worth scrutinising
The Border Mail - Dec 20 3:16 PM
FURTHER to Jeff Lewrys letter on global warming (The Border Mail November 28), I would urge each of us, especially high school students, to read Tim Flannerys book The Weather Makers.Save to My Web

French ecologists seek to stop transfer of mothballed ship to India
AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 26 11:37 AM
French ecologists made a last-ditch legal bid to stop the departure of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Clemenceau, with asbestos-laden insulation to India to be broken up.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Firm fined for asbestos violation

Firm fined for asbestos violation
Herald and News, OR - Nov 30, 2005... Asbestos fibers are a respiratory hazard proven to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis and other respiratory disease, according to the DEQ. ...
Source: www.heraldandnews.com

Terminal cancer patient fined $2,000 for marijuana
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Dec 6, 2005... despite using the marijuana for medical purposes. Bierlich has asbestos cancer in his stomach and esophagus, according to his lawyer. ...
Source: starbulletin.com

James Hardie Asbestos Payments Not Tax Deductible (Update2)
Bloomberg - Dec 15, 2005... It began to phase out blue asbestos in 1968, and all products were asbestos-free by 1986. The fibrous mineral has been linked to lung cancer and mesothelioma ...
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Asbestos Cancer - Protest against toxic ship leaving for India

Protest against toxic ship leaving for India
The Hindu News - Dec 12 12:44 PM
PARIS: Greenpeace activists on Monday staged a protest in the French southwestern port of Toulon against the dismantling of the highly contaminated French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau, in India. The Clemenceau is contaminated with asbestos, a highly toxic cancer-causing substance .Save to My Web

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Harbor Light - Dec 15 6:37 AM
To The Editor: The central goal or platform of the Republican Party is the dissolution or eradication of any entitlement due you by previous legislation. There is a federal budget whereby, in theory, each year expenditures by the government should be not more than revenues collected by taxes. ThereSave to My Web

Cancer drug U-turn boost
Evening Gazette - Dec 10 4:59 AM
Terminally ill cancer patients on Teesside could get precious extra time with their loved ones after a dramatic decision to fund a potentially life-extending drug.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - BARRY IS DEAD AT 32.. FROM ASBESTOS DUST HE GOT AS A KID FROM HIS DAD'S OVERALLS

BARRY IS DEAD AT 32.. FROM ASBESTOS DUST HE GOT AS A KID FROM HIS DAD'S OVERALLS
Daily Mirror - Dec 14 10:42 PM
A YOUNG dad died from an asbestos-related cancer after being exposed to his stepfather's work clothes as a child, an inquest heard yesterday. Barry Welch, who has three daughters, was just 32 when he lost an 11-month battle against mesothelioma in April.Save to My Web

Swiss firm settles U.S. asbestos lawsuits
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 21 12:09 AM
ABB Ltd., which two years ago faced bankruptcy over asbestos lawsuits, won U.S. court approval for a $1.43 billion settlement of its biggest liability.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Lung cancer drug 'gets go-ahead'

Lung cancer drug 'gets go-ahead'
BBC News - Dec 09 10:14 AM
Patients across the north east of England are to be given access to a potentially life saving lung cancer drug.Save to My Web

ABB Asbestos Settlement Plan Approved by U.S. Court (Update1)
Bloomberg.com - Dec 20 1:36 AM
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- ABB Ltd., the world's biggest maker of power transformers, won U.S. court approval for a $1.43 billion asbestos settlement, moving the company closer to capping liabilities that once threatened it with bankruptcy.Save to My Web

Kubota to pay victims, kin extra cash over asbestos use
Daily Yomiuri Online - Dec 23 6:15 PM
Kubota Corp. has decided to make extra gift payments to the bereaved kin of sufferers and patients of an asbestos-related disease who lived near its former plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, sources said.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - National Cancer Institute - Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers

National Cancer Institute - Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet about asbestos, asbestos-related diseases, and who to contact for more information. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 3.21 ... View Fact Sheets by Topic. Cancer Type. Risk Factors and Possible Causes ... evidence that quitting smoking will reduce the risk of lung cancer among asbestos-exposed workers ...

Asbestos Cancer Treatment Options - Asbestos Cancer Resource
Asbestos cancer resource provides information about asbestos cancer, aka mesothelioma, treatment options. ... Asbestos Resources. Asbestos Cancer Treatment Options ... their battle with mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer related to asbestos exposure. Here is one that is worth ...