Asbestos Cancer - Lack of insurance keeps state inspectors from asbestos sites

Lack of insurance keeps state inspectors from asbestos sites
Haaretz - The Environment Ministry stopped dealing with asbestos contamination about two months ago due to disputes regarding insurance for its inspectors. Meanwhile, the problem is growing in severity in various locations in the country. The ministry has

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos ban to tighten in FY '06

Asbestos ban to tighten in FY '06
Asahi.com - Jan 19 6:55 PM
The health ministry plans to completely phase out the use of asbestos, starting with a wider ban on the cancer-causing substance starting in fiscal 2006, officials said.Save to My Web

Hotel, condominiums planned
Pittsburgh Live - Jan 12 9:19 PM
A proposed Holiday Inn with enough parking to serve hotel guests and residents of a condominium building next door is the latest evidence that East Liberty's long-planned revitalization finally is taking hold, community leaders say.Save to My Web

French toxic ship, a wakeup call for India to check ship breakers plight
DefenceIndia - Jan 09 10:02 PM
A leading Indian environmentalist has said that New Delhi must reign in profit-seeking business lobbies who turn a blind eye to ecological and health concerns in its ship breaking yards as controversy brews over allowing a French aircraft carrier, which they say is loaded with toxic waste, into the country.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Indian Express, India - Jan 7, 2006... Asbestos is a fibrous mineral and according to doctors, causes lung impairment and even a severe form of lung cancer. India today ...
Source: www.indianexpress.com

CPM worried by French ship heading for Gujarat
Daily News & Analysis, India - Jan 13, 2006... USA and the EU estimates that about 500,000 people will die in Europe over the next 30 years due to mesothelioma and lung cancer caused by asbestos, the CPM ...
Source: dnaindia.com

Asbestos Cancer - School working to dodge closure

School working to dodge closure
Pittsburgh Live - Jan 11 9:07 PM
Architects hired to look into whether the cost of renovating Schenley High School in Oakland can be lowered enough to get it off the list of city schools targeted for closing say the work will cost between $30 million and $65 million, depending on how much is done to deal with the asbestos in the building.Save to My Web

Midday Business Report: FTC slams bedtime calls
Kansas City Star - Jan 06 10:15 AM
Whats worse than getting bugged by a pushy telemarketer just before bedtime? How about a telemarketer who interrogates you about your sleep habits and then tries to sell you a new bed?Save to My Web

The Precautionary Principle
Scoop.co.nz - Jan 10 3:52 PM
By Dr. Mae- Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders in universities and open forums in Luzon and Mindanao 11-16 December 2005: The Precautionary Principle Prof. Peter Saunders / Making the World Sustainable &GM- Free Dr. Mae-Wan HoSave to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Indian Express - NEW DELHI, JANUARY 7: This story could have a lesson for India. The players are the same: France and Canada. France, the country that s sending the asbestos-laden ship, Clemenceau, to India. Canada, the country that exports nearly 90% of its

Asbestos Cancer - UI to study health of munitions workers

UI to study health of munitions workers
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health are beginning a new comprehensive health study to determine whether conventional weapons workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) near Burlington have elevated rates of death or

High-profile lawsuits dip in Madison County
Belleville News-Democrat - The number of class actions and asbestos lawsuits filed in Madison County has declined for the second year in a row. The number of class actions filed in 2005 stood at 46 last week, down from 82 in 2004. The number of asbestos lawsuits stood at 376

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos found in Orange school

Asbestos found in Orange school
The Daily Progress - Jan 11 10:24 PM
ORANGE - Asbestos has been found in Prospect Heights Middle School, but Orange County school officials said Wednesday that it is not an immediate danger to students or staff.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Kicking the habit outside?

Kicking the habit outside?
Portsmouth Herald - Jan 06 5:59 AM
PORTSMOUTH - Some lovingly call it the "Coat of Smoke," a last refuge where everyman can belly up to the bar to enjoy a cigarette and a fine British ale, a combination as cherished as fish and chips.Save to My Web

Supervisor involved in asbestos fraud gets prison time
WRGB - Jan 19 2:37 PM
(Syracuse, NY - AP) A construction supervisor was sentenced today to 3-and-a-half years in federal prison for his role in a massive asbestos-removal scam.Save to My Web

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Express India - Jan 07 12:47 PM
This story could have a lesson for India. The players are the same: France and Canada. France, the country that's sending the asbestos-laden ship, Clemenceau, to India. Canada, the country that exports nearly 90% of its asbestos-an estimated 1 lakh tonnes-to India each year.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos ship 'can sail to India'

Asbestos ship 'can sail to India'
BBC News - Dec 30 11:30 AM
A French judge says a warship lined with asbestos can be dismantled in India, rejecting green objections.Save to My Web

Military to seal up Zonolite insulation in base homes
Brandon Sun - Jan 20 12:24 PM
WINNIPEG Military officials will start sealing up an asbestos-type of insulation called Zonolite in hundreds of homes on the Canadian Forces bases in Shilo and elsewhere before the end of March.Save to My Web

Asbestos developments add controversy over bill
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 20 11:39 AM
Progress in curbing asbestos suits at the state level and fewer claims at one of the biggest existing trusts has some questioning the need for a $140 billion national compensation fund.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Nazis & Medical Ethics: Context & Lessons; American Medical ...

Nazis & Medical Ethics: Context & Lessons; American Medical ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jan 18, 2006... For example, Germany was the first to have a high-powered electron microscope, the first to document the link between asbestos and lung cancer, and an ...
Source: releases.usnewswire.com

Asbestos Cancer - Burns will oppose Baucus provision to pay Libby residents

Burns will oppose Baucus provision to pay Libby residents
Independent Record - WASHINGTON Montana Sen. Conrad Burns said Wednesday that he opposes a pending Senate bill designed to compensate residents of Libby who have been sickened by asbestos. Burns, a Republican, is opposing a provision authored by the state s other

Officials: Asbestos left in rubble not hazardous
Argus Leader - The presence of asbestos in the basement of the demolished Zip Feed tower was confirmed Monday, contradicting previous reports, but officials said it is not a significant health risk. In past interviews, some city officials and others working on the

FTC slams bedtime calls
Kansas City Star - How about a telemarketer who interrogates you about your sleep habits and then tries to sell you a new bed? The Federal Trade Commission claims a Nevada business that sells adjustable beds disturbed a lot of consumers sleep by calling 900,000

Asbestos Cancer - SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau

SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau
NDTV - The decommissioned French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau may not be allowed to offload its waste in India. The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste has said that the ship must first be inspected to see the exact amount of asbestos that

Clemenceau intercepted off Egyptian coast
Hindu - "KEEP OFF INDIA": A Greenpeace activist aboard decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau holds aloft a protest banner, as another boards the ship off the coast of Egypt on Thursday. The Greenpeace has been protesting against the French

Egypt turns back 'Clemenceau' Greenpeace calls off agitation
New Kerala - New Delhi, Jan 13 : Egypt today refused permission to the controversial decommissioned French warship Clemenceau to enter the Suez Canal on its way to India after it failed to produce documents showing it did not carry hazardous material, the

Asbestos Cancer - Oncology Nursing Society Presents Mesothelioma Victims with Hope for Longer Life

Oncology Nursing Society Presents Mesothelioma Victims with Hope for Longer Life
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 4:00 AM
(PRWEB) January 2, 2006 -- Encouraging results from recent clinical studies and several ongoing studies were presented at the Oncology Nursing Society s 6th Annual Institutes of Learning (ONS) meeting in Phoeniz, Arizona just a few weeks ago.Save to My Web

Editorial: Manistique leaders made right decision
Escanaba Daily Press - Jan 12 6:51 AM
When buying a used car, it's wise to kick the tires, look under the hood, and check for tell-tale oil stains under the vehicle. That's what the Manistique City Council did, figuratively speaking, when it decided this week not to buy the Manistique Armory from the state.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Supreme Court to discuss decommissioned French aircraft carrier's ...

Supreme Court to discuss decommissioned French aircraft carrier's ...
NewKerala.com, India - Jan 6, 2006The decommissioned navy ship Clemenceau contains over 200 tonnes of toxic asbestos linked to cancer. The vessel is headed for Gujarat's ...
Source: www.newkerala.com

Asbestos Cancer - The human cost of ship-breaking

The human cost of ship-breaking
Rediff - As activists protest against the journey of French warship -- Clemenceau -- to India where it is scheduled to be dismantled in Alang, Gujarat, the working conditions of the labourers employed in these ship-breaking units has once again come under the

UI to study health of munitions workers
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health are beginning a new comprehensive health study to determine whether conventional weapons workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) near Burlington have elevated rates of death or

Asbestos Cancer - Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'

Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'
Edinburgh News - FORMER crisp factory workers who fear they were exposed to cancer causing asbestos, are calling for an official inquiry after uncovering information about an industrial incident 20 years ago. Ex-employees of Golden Wonder's Broxburn factory in West

Asbestos Cancer - Proposed asbestos bill doesn t correct past flaws

Proposed asbestos bill doesn t correct past flaws
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - It s time for America to meet the real victims of asbestos disease. Asbestos continues to kill 10,000 men, women and children every year in the United States. For more than 70 years, asbestos exposure has been documented to cause cancers and

Kicking the habit outside?
Portsmouth Herald - PORTSMOUTH - Some lovingly call it the "Coat of Smoke," a last refuge where everymancq can belly up to the bar to enjoy a cigarette and a fine British ale, a combination as cherished as fish and chips. But that holy union at the Coat of Arms Pub may

Asbestos Cancer - India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units

India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units
RxPG - By IANS, India is planning to tighten health and safety norms in units manufacturing asbestos cement sheets and pipes, a senior official of the ministry of environment and forests said here Wednesday. While India has banned use of blue asbestos

Burns will oppose Baucus provision to pay Libby residents
Independent Record - WASHINGTON Montana Sen. Conrad Burns said Wednesday that he opposes a pending Senate bill designed to compensate residents of Libby who have been sickened by asbestos. Burns, a Republican, is opposing a provision authored by the state s other

Asbestos Cancer - Military to seal up Zonolite insulation in base homes

Military to seal up Zonolite insulation in base homes
Brandon Sun, Canada - 3 hours ago... It is linked to lung diseases such as asbestosis and various forms of cancer, the rarest being is the deadly asbestos-related lung cancer called mesothelioma. ...
Source: www.brandonsun.com

Editorial: Balding's failure
Australian, Australia - 9 hours ago... own ravaged lungs to lead the campaign for compensation by asbestos sufferers against ... that will save most women from the scourge of cervical cancer, a disease ...
Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

Asbestos Cancer - Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India

Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India
Channel NewsAsia - NEW DELHI : Environmentalists want France to order back an asbestos-laden aircraft carrier at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast where it is slated to be dismantled. But the Alang

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos found in Orange school

Asbestos found in Orange school
Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA - Jan 11, 2006... According to the Environmental Protection Agency, asbestos can cause lung disease and cancer, but it is only a danger when it becomes airborne. ...
Source: www.dailyprogress.com

Nazis & Medical Ethics: Context & Lessons; American Medical ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jan 18, 2006... For example, Germany was the first to have a high-powered electron microscope, the first to document the link between asbestos and lung cancer, and an ...
Source: releases.usnewswire.com

Postal workers want dust from flooring tested for asbestos
WOI, IA - Dec 30, 2005... off in chunks the size of nickels and dimes. They suspect dust in the room could be floating asbestos, a cancer-causing substance. ...
Source: www.woi-tv.com

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos ship 'can sail to India'

Asbestos ship 'can sail to India'
BBC News, UK - Dec 30, 2005... Green groups had petitioned against the transfer, saying Indian ship-breakers were not properly equipped to deal with asbestos, which can cause lung cancer. ...
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Asbestos Cancer - How asbestos firms brush cancer, disease under industry carpet

How asbestos firms brush cancer, disease under industry carpet
Indian Express, India - Jan 6, 2006... For the asbestos industry, people like Mangabhai are, effectively, invisible. ... in place to diagnose and monitor for mesothelioma the lung cancer caused by ...
Source: www.indianexpress.com

Asbestos Cancer - "Toxic" Clemenceau a wakeup call for India to check plight of ship ...

"Toxic" Clemenceau a wakeup call for India to check plight of ship ...
Webindia123, India - Jan 8, 2006... "Once the Asbestos fibres are ... once it is lodged within the lungs and your breathing system will create a tissue growth around almost like a cancer, which will ...
Source: news.webindia123.com

Business briefs, January 20
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 14 hours ago... of $154 million, or 58 cents per share, related to unasserted asbestos claims ... lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Jon Efraimson Cancer Support Fund ...
Source: www.rockymountainnews.com

Asbestos Cancer - Source: The Asbestos Study Group

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

India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units
RxPG NEWS, CA - Jan 19, 2006... Over a dozen countries have already banned manufacture and use of any kind of asbestos, known to be the cause of cancer and several other health problems. ...
Source: www.rxpgnews.com

Asbestos Cancer - The human cost of ship-breaking

The human cost of ship-breaking
Rediff - As activists protest against the journey of French warship -- Clemenceau -- to India where it is scheduled to be dismantled in Alang, Gujarat, the working conditions of the labourers employed in these ship-breaking units has once again come under the

Ed funding tops list for 2005
Billings Gazette - HELENA - It was a problem long in the making and one many feared couldn't be addressed easily or quickly: How do you fix a school funding system that the courts say is inadequate? Lawmakers, education groups and state officials, unable to reach a

Proposed smoking ordinance hotly debated at city council meeting
Madison Courier - A capacity crowd in the Madison City Council chambers hotly debated a proposed smoking ordinance last night, taking sides over whether the city should ban smoking in most enclosed public places, including most retail businesses. Opponents said the

Asbestos Cancer - Week of Jan. 13

Week of Jan. 13
Leesburg Today - Robert Joseph Evans , 88, a resident of Northern Virginia for 44 years, died Jan. 4. Born in Chicago, he served in the U.S. Army Aircorps 8th Bomber Command during World War II. He continued military service in the U.S. Air Force, retiring from the

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Indian Express - RAE BARELI, JANUARY 10: As the world queues up to ban all forms of asbestos, Sonia Gandhi s constituency Rae Bareli just got a new asbestos unit. Commissioned this month it is perfectly legal to set up such a unit it was cleared in record time

Asbestos Cancer - Sufferers in a fight for care

Sufferers in a fight for care
This is Wiltshire - Above, the Garden of Remembrance in Queen's Park for victims of mesothelioma Ref: 200499-66 SUFFERERS from the "Swindon Disease" are to demand better care from the Government. The British Lung Foundation has named February 27 as the first Action

Lack of insurance keeps state inspectors from asbestos sites
Haaretz - The Environment Ministry stopped dealing with asbestos contamination about two months ago due to disputes regarding insurance for its inspectors. Meanwhile, the problem is growing in severity in various locations in the country. The ministry has

ENVIRONMENT : Toxic Warship in Epic Last Battle
Inter Press Service - NEW DELHI , Jan 13 (IPS) - Environmentalists who oppose the dumping of toxic waste by the industrialised North upon underdeveloped Southern countries are locked in an epic battle over a discarded French aircraft- carrier, the Clemenceau , last

Asbestos Cancer - Greenpeace members held after "toxic" ship protest

Greenpeace members held after "toxic" ship protest
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 7:26 AM
Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists in New Delhi on Tuesday during a protest over the planned scrapping in an Indian yard of a French aircraft carrier they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - 'Toxic' Clemenceau not to reach Indian waters before February 13

'Toxic' Clemenceau not to reach Indian waters before February 13
Webindia123, India - Jan 16, 2006... is facing criticism from the environmentalist, particularly Greenpeace activists, for being hazardous as it contains large amount of cancer causing asbestos. ...
Source: news.webindia123.com

SC panel wants toxic ship stopped
NDTV.com, India - Jan 13, 2006The vessel - Clemenceau containing large quantity of asbestos linked to cancer, plans to dismantle at a shipyard in Gujarat. The ...
Source: www.ndtv.com

Business briefs, January 20
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 10 hours ago... of $154 million, or 58 cents per share, related to unasserted asbestos claims ... lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Jon Efraimson Cancer Support Fund ...
Source: www.rockymountainnews.com

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos, a demon of the past

Asbestos, a demon of the past
Indian Express, India - Jan 16, 2006According to the ILO, over 100,000 people worldwide have died from exposure to asbestos while mesothelioma, an asbestos induced cancer, alone kills about 3,000 ...
Source: www.indianexpress.com

Asbestos Cancer - Cooper details asbestos settlement

Cooper details asbestos settlement
BusinessWeek - 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: www.businessweek.com

Worried about asbestos? Just follow this guide
Mumbai Newsline, India - Jan 6, 2006... Besides, asbestos exposure could cause lung cancer, mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the chest and abdomen) or cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, if ...
Source: cities.expressindia.com

All bets off on cabinet posts
Calgary Sun, Canada - 6 hours ago... Strahl has an incurable form of lung cancer he believes was contracted from working around heavy equipment that uses asbestos brake linings. ...
Source: calsun.canoe.ca

Asbestos Cancer - Ailing Veteran Fights For Benefits

Ailing Veteran Fights For Benefits
Tampa Bay Online News - Jan 03 9:54 PM
CLEARWATER - On Tuesday evening in a Clearwater nursing home, a group of military veterans did for Gene Marbeiter what the federal government has so far failed to do.Save to My Web

Hotel, condominiums planned
Pittsburgh Live - Jan 12 9:19 PM
A proposed Holiday Inn with enough parking to serve hotel guests and residents of a condominium building next door is the latest evidence that East Liberty's long-planned revitalization finally is taking hold, community leaders say.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Stories of the year

Stories of the year
Montana Standard - Sen. Don Ryan, D-Great Falls, above, makes his opening statement on his bill, SB 1, to the members of the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee in Helena in this Dec.14 photo. The $71 million funding package reached over two long days of

Asbestos Cancer - Stories of the year

Stories of the year
Montana Standard - Sen. Don Ryan, D-Great Falls, above, makes his opening statement on his bill, SB 1, to the members of the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee in Helena in this Dec.14 photo. The $71 million funding package reached over two long days of

Asbestos Cancer - The global toxic dump

The global toxic dump
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Jan 6, 2006... fire-retardant. On inhalation, it causes lung silicosis and cancer.) But the Clemenceau is not free of asbestos. Its original asbestos ...
Source: www.khaleejtimes.com

UPDATE 1-US CBO reaffirms asbestos fund payout estimate
Reuters - Dec 20, 2005... Asbestos was widely used for fireproofing and insulation until the 1970s. Scientists say inhaled fibers are linked to cancer and other diseases. ...
Source: today.reuters.com

Asbestos Cancer - Judge won't move W.R. Grace trial

Judge won't move W.R. Grace trial
Missoulian - Jan 12 9:58 PM
A federal court judge denied a motion Wednesday that would have moved a criminal trial against W.R. Grace and Co. outside of Montana, where the company's Libby mine released deadly asbestos into the air.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Dangerous: Asbestos in a Frizington house

Dangerous: Asbestos in a Frizington house
News & Star, UK - Jan 5, 2006... All you have to do is breathe in two minute specs of this dust and it can cause cancer at any time. . ... We have been told that the asbestos will be ...
Source: www.newsandstar.co.uk

Deal on medical tests for West Virginia U. asbestos exposure ...
Daily Press, VA - Dec 22, 2005... containing asbestos insulation. The workers alleged that asbestos in campus buildings put them at an increased risk of getting cancer. ...
Source: www.dailypress.com

Asbestos Cancer - Supervisor involved in asbestos fraud gets prison time

Supervisor involved in asbestos fraud gets prison time
Newsday.com - Jan 19 12:55 PM
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ A construction supervisor was sentenced Thursday to 3-1/2 years in federal prison for his role in a massive asbestos-removal scam involving more than 1,500 buildings across New York, including schools, churches and hospitals.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Post office is safe, air test results show

Post office is safe, air test results show
The Des Moines Register - Jan 15 6:05 AM
Some employees had feared that floor tiles were releasing asbestos particles.Save to My Web

Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 09 9:29 PM
Environmentalists want France to order back an asbestos-laden aircraft carrier at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Local News

Local News
The Daily Iberian - Jan 10 9:05 AM
LAWCO is in negotiations with the Jack Brooks family to buy his old property on Pershing Street. The proposed facility would include a 3 million gallon reservoir and water clarifier, which would be located in a centralized part of the city.Save to My Web

Despite Asbestos Concerns, Rice Unloaded From 'Orbit'
AllAfrica.com - Jan 11 10:59 AM
Rice from the ship "Orbit" is now being unloaded for sale in Maputo shops - despite fears that it may be contaminated with asbestos.Save to My Web

Hotel, condominiums planned
Pittsburgh Live - Jan 12 9:19 PM
A proposed Holiday Inn with enough parking to serve hotel guests and residents of a condominium building next door is the latest evidence that East Liberty's long-planned revitalization finally is taking hold, community leaders say.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos bill headed for Senate floor: analyst

Asbestos bill headed for Senate floor: analyst
ABC News - Citing sources, the firm said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, told Nevada Democrat and Minority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday that he has the votes to bring the bill to the floor. Asbestos was widely used for insulation and

Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'
Edinburgh News - FORMER crisp factory workers who fear they were exposed to cancer causing asbestos, are calling for an official inquiry after uncovering information about an industrial incident 20 years ago. Ex-employees of Golden Wonder's Broxburn factory in West

Asbestos Cancer - The Precautionary Principle

The Precautionary Principle
Scoop.co.nz - Jan 10 3:52 PM
By Dr. Mae- Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders in universities and open forums in Luzon and Mindanao 11-16 December 2005: The Precautionary Principle Prof. Peter Saunders / Making the World Sustainable &GM- Free Dr. Mae-Wan HoSave to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Oncology Nursing Society Presents Mesothelioma Victims with Hope for Longer Life

Oncology Nursing Society Presents Mesothelioma Victims with Hope for Longer Life
[Press Release] PR Web - Jan 02 12:19 AM
New mesothelioma treatment may give victims hope of a better prognosis and extended life. [PRWEB Jan 2, 2006]Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - 'Toxic' Clemenceau not to reach Indian waters before February 13

'Toxic' Clemenceau not to reach Indian waters before February 13
Webindia123, India - Jan 16, 2006... is facing criticism from the environmentalist, particularly Greenpeace activists, for being hazardous as it contains large amount of cancer causing asbestos. ...
Source: news.webindia123.com

Burns criticizes Baucus provision to pay sickened Libby residents
Billings Gazette, USA - 11 hours ago... asbestos fibers easily can become embedded in human lungs and cause such illnesses as asbestosis, often fatal, and mesothelioma, a rare, fast-moving cancer ...
Source: www.billingsgazette.com

Asbestos Cancer - Top Companies by Industry

Top Companies by Industry
Washington Post - The war in Iraq and the fight against terrorism guaranteed another year of healthy growth and profits for Washington area aerospace and defense contractors. Revenue grew 12 percent at top-ranked Lockheed Martin , for example, and 37 percent at mid

Asbestos Cancer - India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units

India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units
RxPG NEWS, CA - 5 hours ago... Over a dozen countries have already banned manufacture and use of any kind of asbestos, known to be the cause of cancer and several other health problems. ...
Source: www.rxpgnews.com

Ban on asbestos to tighten in fiscal 2006
Asahi Shimbun, Japan - 10 hours agoThe health ministry plans to completely phase out the use of asbestos, starting with a wider ban on the cancer-causing substance starting in fiscal 2006 ...
Source: www.asahi.com

Asbestos Cancer - Egypt approves transit for French warship through Suez Canal

Egypt approves transit for French warship through Suez Canal
Hindu - It is unclear if India's agreement for dismantling is still valid Egypt appears to have accepted the French claim that the Clemenceau was a warship French Defence Ministry confirms the deadlock had been broken PARIS: Egypt finally gave its approval

Proposed smoking ordinance hotly debated at city council meeting
Madison Courier - A capacity crowd in the Madison City Council chambers hotly debated a proposed smoking ordinance last night, taking sides over whether the city should ban smoking in most enclosed public places, including most retail businesses. Opponents said the

India Turns Back Toxic Asbestos-Laden French Ship
Axcess News - (AXcess News) Houston TX - The Indian government has stopped a French war ship at the Suez canal and refused to permit to continue on to a shipyard in Gujarat, India for dismantling. The decommissioned French warship - Clemenceau - contains large

Asbestos Cancer - ENVIRONMENT : Toxic Warship in Epic Last Battle

ENVIRONMENT : Toxic Warship in Epic Last Battle
Inter Press Service - NEW DELHI , Jan 13 (IPS) - Environmentalists who oppose the dumping of toxic waste by the industrialised North upon underdeveloped Southern countries are locked in an epic battle over a discarded French aircraft- carrier, the Clemenceau , last

Asbestos Cancer - Stories of the year

Stories of the year
Montana Standard - Sen. Don Ryan, D-Great Falls, above, makes his opening statement on his bill, SB 1, to the members of the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee in Helena in this Dec.14 photo. The $71 million funding package reached over two long days of

Clemenceau intercepted off Egyptian coast
Hindu - "KEEP OFF INDIA": A Greenpeace activist aboard decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau holds aloft a protest banner, as another boards the ship off the coast of Egypt on Thursday. The Greenpeace has been protesting against the French

Asbestos Cancer - EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan

EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan
Capitol Reports - the Agency's current and planned actions to ensure a coordinated agency-wide approach to identify, evaluate and reduce the risks to people from asbestos exposure. The plan focuses on improving the state of the science for asbestos; identifying and

Asbestos Cancer - French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Indian Express - NEW DELHI, JANUARY 7: This story could have a lesson for India. The players are the same: France and Canada. France, the country that s sending the asbestos-laden ship, Clemenceau, to India. Canada, the country that exports nearly 90% of its

Greenpeace members held after "toxic" ship protest
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists in New Delhi on Tuesday during a protest over the planned scrapping in an Indian yard of a French aircraft carrier they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material. The

Asbestos Cancer - School working to dodge closure

School working to dodge closure
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jan 11, 2006... The first is between $60 million and $65 million and includes complete removal of the cancer-causing asbestos, which is contained in the building's plaster ...
Source: pittsburghlive.com

Asbestos Cancer - Deal on medical tests for West Virginia U. asbestos exposure ...

Deal on medical tests for West Virginia U. asbestos exposure ...
Daily Press, VA - Dec 22, 2005... containing asbestos insulation. The workers alleged that asbestos in campus buildings put them at an increased risk of getting cancer. ...
Source: www.dailypress.com

You've been warned
Los Angeles Times, CA - Dec 18, 2005... That's what happened with asbestos, when insulation workers were the first to develop mesothelioma, a rare cancer that occurs with exposure to asbestos. ...
Source: www.latimes.com

Cancer linked to building materials affect many
Xinhua, China - Dec 18, 200519 -- China could face a large 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 ...
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Asbestos Cancer - Post office is safe, air test results show

Post office is safe, air test results show
The Des Moines Register - Jan 12 2:14 AM
Officials of the U.S Postal Service said air quality test results show the air inside the Valley Junction post office, feared by employees to be...Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - UI to study health of munitions workers

UI to study health of munitions workers
Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - Jan 6, 2006... including explosives, solvents, metals, depleted uranium, asbestos, radiographic sources ... Similarly, researchers will analyze Iowa cancer records to determine ...
Source: www.press-citizen.com

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos: the iron grip of latency

Asbestos: the iron grip of latency
News-Medical-Net - Jan 10 12:18 AM
It happens every day somewhere in Europe: a building from the 1950s is demolished. A few children on their way back from school watch the giant bulldozer at work. The engine has already attacked the ground floor - apparently nobody has noticed the asbestos padsSave to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - James Hardie faces surge in asbestos claims

James Hardie faces surge in asbestos claims
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Dec 27, 2005... compensation claims against James Hardie for the fatal cancer mesothelioma last ... publicity about James Hardie's underfunding of an asbestos compensation trust ...
Source: www.smh.com.au

Asbestos, a demon of the past
Indian Express, India - Jan 16, 2006According to the ILO, over 100,000 people worldwide have died from exposure to asbestos while mesothelioma, an asbestos induced cancer, alone kills about 3,000 ...
Source: www.indianexpress.com

Asbestos Cancer - UI to study health of munitions workers

UI to study health of munitions workers
Press-Citizen - Jan 06 1:38 PM
The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been commissioned to study the long-term health of employees of a U.S. Army munitions plant in Burlington.Save to My Web

Postal workers want substance tested
The Des Moines Register - Dec 29 11:02 PM
By REGISTER STAFF WRITER Copyright 2005, Des Moines Register and Tribune Co.Save to My Web

Intl. Intelligence
UPI - Jan 16 11:26 AM
PARIS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- After defending France for roughly four decades, after aborted journeys to scrap yards in Turkey and Greece, the Clemenceau warship has embarked on yet another odyssey with an uncertain outcome.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Dodging closure

Dodging closure
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Architects hired to look into whether the cost of renovating Schenley High School in Oakland can be lowered enough to get it off the list of city schools targeted for closing say the work will cost between $30 million and $65 million, depending on

Asbestos Cancer - EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan

EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan
Capitol Reports - the Agency's current and planned actions to ensure a coordinated agency-wide approach to identify, evaluate and reduce the risks to people from asbestos exposure. The plan focuses on improving the state of the science for asbestos; identifying and

Asbestos Cancer - 9/11 hero's death orphans a little girl

9/11 hero's death orphans a little girl
Herald Sun - Jan 13 6:13 AM
A YOUNG NYPD detective who was poisoned by asbestos dust at Ground Zero has died leaving an orphaned four-year-old daughter. There are now fears that about 50,000 emergency workers and volunteers who helped with the cleanup after the September 11 terror attack could suffer long-term health problems.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Proposed asbestos bill doesn t correct past flaws

Proposed asbestos bill doesn t correct past flaws
Muskogee Daily Phoenix, OK - Jan 5, 2006... as it is now written, thousands of people sick with asbestos diseases will ... this new version completely eliminates an estimated 30,000 lung cancer victims from ...
Source: www.muskogeephoenix.com

Asbestos Cancer - Kicking the habit outside?

Kicking the habit outside?
Portsmouth Herald - PORTSMOUTH - Some lovingly call it the "Coat of Smoke," a last refuge where everymancq can belly up to the bar to enjoy a cigarette and a fine British ale, a combination as cherished as fish and chips. But that holy union at the Coat of Arms Pub may

French court greenlight departure of warship Clemenceau for India
People's Daily Online - The Paris administrative court gave green light on Friday for the decontamination of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau in a shipyard in India . After rejecting the petitions of four ecologist groups, Joel Alquezar, who represented the

SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau
NDTV - The decommissioned French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau may not be allowed to offload its waste in India. The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste has said that the ship must first be inspected to see the exact amount of asbestos that

Asbestos Cancer - OSHA Cites Clearwater, Fla., Contractors for Asbestos Hazards

OSHA Cites Clearwater, Fla., Contractors for Asbestos Hazards
Community Dispatch (press release) - Jan 1, 2006... asbestos," said Les Grove, OSHA's Tampa area director. "Such exposure can lead to asbestosis, a scarring of the lung tissue, and several types of cancer.". ...
Source: communitydispatch.com

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos Sufferers Advocates Still Fighting Industry for Fair ...

Asbestos Sufferers Advocates Still Fighting Industry for Fair ...
The NewStandard, NY - Jan 2, 2006... studies. It downgrades the risk of lung cancer for those who have true asbestos exposure but simply haven t developed the scarring.". ...
Source: newstandardnews.net

Editorial: Manistique leaders made right decision
Escanaba Daily Press, MI - Jan 12, 2006... Coming in second would be the buyer being responsible for removing asbestos, a cancer-causing fire retardant, from the building. ...
Source: www.dailypress.net

Postal workers want dust from flooring tested for asbestos
WOI, IA - Dec 30, 2005... off in chunks the size of nickels and dimes. They suspect dust in the room could be floating asbestos, a cancer-causing substance. ...
Source: www.woi-tv.com

Asbestos Cancer - Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India

Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India
Hindustan Times, India - Jan 12, 2006... Opponents, however, say between 50 and 500 tonnes of hazardous asbestos, which can cause cancer, is contained in the ship's lining. ...
Source: www.hindustantimes.com

Bananas, root veggies may cut kidney cancer risk
PakTribune.com, Pakistan - Dec 26, 2005... There are about 190,000 cases of kidney cancer diagnosed worldwide each year. ... and occupational exposure to certain chemicals, such as asbestos and cadmium. ...
Source: paktribune.com

Asbestos Cancer - SC panel wants toxic ship stopped

SC panel wants toxic ship stopped
NDTV - Jan 13 9:38 AM
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee has recommended that a decommissioned French warship should not be allowed to enter India. The vessel - Clemenceau containing large quantity of asbestos linked to cancer, plans to dismantle at a shipyard in Gujarat.Save to My Web

School working to dodge closure
Pittsburgh Live - Jan 11 9:07 PM
Architects hired to look into whether the cost of renovating Schenley High School in Oakland can be lowered enough to get it off the list of city schools targeted for closing say the work will cost between $30 million and $65 million, depending on how much is done to deal with the asbestos in the building.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - French toxic ship, a wakeup call for India to check ship breakers plight

French toxic ship, a wakeup call for India to check ship breakers plight
DefenceIndia - Jan 09 10:02 PM
A leading Indian environmentalist has said that New Delhi must reign in profit-seeking business lobbies who turn a blind eye to ecological and health concerns in its ship breaking yards as controversy brews over allowing a French aircraft carrier, which they say is loaded with toxic waste, into the country.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - PAGE 1 ANCHOR

PAGE 1 ANCHOR
Indian Express - RAE BARELI, JANUARY 10: As the world queues up to ban all forms of asbestos, Sonia Gandhi s constituency Rae Bareli just got a new asbestos unit. Commissioned this month it is perfectly legal to set up such a unit it was cleared in record time

Asbestos Cancer - Shunned by the world, asbestos makes Sonia turf its new home

Shunned by the world, asbestos makes Sonia turf its new home
Newindpress, India - Jan 10, 2006... asbestos be transferred in close containers, in palette form and in impenetrable bags. Even one fibre lodges in the lung of the worker, it can cause cancer of ...
Source: www.newindpress.com

French ship brings toxic waste to Alang shipyard
CNN-IBN, India - Jan 6, 2006... says that the people s anxiety and anger is justified because asbestos is a ... in some cases, it causes the most painful form of lung cancer called mesothelioma ...
Source: www.ibnlive.com

Strength is in the eye of the beholder
Midland Daily News (subscription), MI - Jan 15, 2006... In November, Dad a longtime smoker who worked with asbestos all those years in that hot factory was diagnosed with lung cancer. ...
Source: www.ourmidland.com

Asbestos Cancer - Strength is in the eye of the beholder

Strength is in the eye of the beholder
Midland Daily News (subscription), MI - Jan 15, 2006... In November, Dad a longtime smoker who worked with asbestos all those years in that hot factory was diagnosed with lung cancer. ...
Source: www.ourmidland.com

Officials to test soil at homes for asbestos
Trenton Times, NJ - Dec 30, 2005... found to be contaminated with tremolite, a deadly form of asbestos that can cause several health issues, including asbestosis and mesothelioma, a fatal cancer. ...
Source: www.nj.com

Asbestos Cancer - Promising Research in Early Detection of Mesothelioma

Promising Research in Early Detection of Mesothelioma
Emediawire (press release), WA - Jan 9, 2006... While some asbestos related disease has been detected, these methods cannot ... stumbling block to early diagnosis is distinguishing early stage cancer from other ...
Source: www.emediawire.com

Asbestos found in Orange school
Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA - Jan 11, 2006... According to the Environmental Protection Agency, asbestos can cause lung disease and cancer, but it is only a danger when it becomes airborne. ...
Source: www.dailyprogress.com

Asbestos Cancer - Intl. Intelligence

Intl. Intelligence
UPI - Jan 16 11:26 AM
PARIS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- After defending France for roughly four decades, after aborted journeys to scrap yards in Turkey and Greece, the Clemenceau warship has embarked on yet another odyssey with an uncertain outcome.Save to My Web

French forgery allowed Clemenceau to cross Suez Canal: Greenpeace India
New Kerala - Jan 18 2:34 AM
By Vikram Vishal, New Delhi: Greenpeace India has said that forged documents were used by the toxic French warship 'Clemenceau' to cross the Suez Canal where it got environmental clearance despite claims that it was carrying hundreds of tonnes of hazardous material.Save to My Web

Bush wants Congress to pass asbestos fund bill
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 06 7:07 PM
U.S. President George Bush called on Friday for Congress to curb asbestos lawsuits this year, saying the United States needed to reform its legal system to better compete in the global economy.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Judge won't move W.R. Grace trial

Judge won't move W.R. Grace trial
Missoulian - Jan 12 9:58 PM
A federal court judge denied a motion Wednesday that would have moved a criminal trial against W.R. Grace and Co. outside of Montana, where the company's Libby mine released deadly asbestos into the air.Save to My Web

Ed funding tops list for 2005
Billings Gazette - Jan 01 2:02 AM
HELENA - It was a problem long in the making and one many feared couldn't be addressed easily or quickly: How do you fix a school funding system that the courts say is inadequate?Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units

India to tighten safety norms for asbestos units
NewKerala.com, India - 8 hours ago... Over a dozen countries have already banned manufacture and use of any kind of asbestos, known to be the cause of cancer and several other health problems. ...
Source: www.newkerala.com

Week of Jan. 13
Leesburg Today, VA - Jan 13, 2006... Smith Corp., Cook Electric Company, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Union Asbestos & Rubbers ... Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO ...
Source: www.leesburg2day.com

UI to study health of munitions workers
Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - Jan 6, 2006... including explosives, solvents, metals, depleted uranium, asbestos, radiographic sources ... Similarly, researchers will analyze Iowa cancer records to determine ...
Source: www.press-citizen.com

Asbestos Cancer - Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India

Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India
Channel NewsAsia - NEW DELHI : Environmentalists want France to order back an asbestos-laden aircraft carrier at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast where it is slated to be dismantled. But the Alang

French court greenlight departure of warship Clemenceau for India
People's Daily Online - The Paris administrative court gave green light on Friday for the decontamination of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau in a shipyard in India . After rejecting the petitions of four ecologist groups, Joel Alquezar, who represented the

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos bill headed for Senate floor: analyst

Asbestos bill headed for Senate floor: analyst
Reuters - 8 hours ago... Asbestos was widely used for insulation and fireproofing until the 1970s. Scientists say inhaled fibers are linked to cancer and other diseases. ...
Source: today.reuters.com

Asbestos Cancer - Bush wants Congress to pass asbestos fund bill

Bush wants Congress to pass asbestos fund bill
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 06 7:07 PM
U.S. President George Bush called on Friday for Congress to curb asbestos lawsuits this year, saying the United States needed to reform its legal system to better compete in the global economy.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Week of Jan. 13

Week of Jan. 13
Leesburg Today, VA - Jan 13, 2006... Smith Corp., Cook Electric Company, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Union Asbestos & Rubbers ... Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO ...
Source: www.leesburg2day.com

Cooper adds up asbestos claims
Houston Chronicle, United States - Dec 19, 2005... The claims stem from lawsuits brought against Abex, which used asbestos in brake pads and linings before it was linked to cancer. ...
Source: www.chron.com

Asbestos Cancer - French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Indian Express - NEW DELHI, JANUARY 7: This story could have a lesson for India. The players are the same: France and Canada. France, the country that s sending the asbestos-laden ship, Clemenceau, to India. Canada, the country that exports nearly 90% of its

Toxic Clemenceau a wakeup call for India to check plight of ship
New Kerala - Toxic Clemenceau a wakeup call for India to check plight of ship breakers: environmentalist Mumbai: A leading environmentalist on Sunday said that the Centre must reign in profit-seeking business lobbies who turn a blind eye to ecological and

Egypt turns back 'Clemenceau' Greenpeace calls off agitation
New Kerala - New Delhi, Jan 13 : Egypt today refused permission to the controversial decommissioned French warship Clemenceau to enter the Suez Canal on its way to India after it failed to produce documents showing it did not carry hazardous material, the

Asbestos Cancer - Oil drilling alters life for tiny village

Oil drilling alters life for tiny village
Seattle Times - Caught up in the current of change Thomas Ahtuangaruak, whose father helped settle the village of Nuiqsut three decades ago, races along a channel of the Colville River on his way to a family member's fishing cabin a few miles downstream from home

SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau
NDTV - The decommissioned French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau may not be allowed to offload its waste in India. The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste has said that the ship must first be inspected to see the exact amount of asbestos that

The greening of Big Oil
Open Democracy - Can oil companies transform in response to the challenge of climate change? Caspar Henderson sidesteps the blame game and picks out key roles for politics and citizens. One day there is a terrible fire in the forest. All the animals flee in terror

Asbestos Cancer - The human cost of ship-breaking

The human cost of ship-breaking
Rediff - As activists protest against the journey of French warship -- Clemenceau -- to India where it is scheduled to be dismantled in Alang, Gujarat, the working conditions of the labourers employed in these ship-breaking units has once again come under the

Asbestos Cancer - Oncology Nursing Society Presents Mesothelioma Victims with Hope for Longer Life

Oncology Nursing Society Presents Mesothelioma Victims with Hope for Longer Life
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 4:00 AM
(PRWEB) January 2, 2006 -- Encouraging results from recent clinical studies and several ongoing studies were presented at the Oncology Nursing Society s 6th Annual Institutes of Learning (ONS) meeting in Phoeniz, Arizona just a few weeks ago.Save to My Web

FORCED TO CHANGE
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 08 10:59 PM
The debate had raged for years over whether to revamp Charity Hospital or tear down the Art Deco building on Tulane Avenue and replace it with a smaller facility better attuned to economic reality in an era of increasingly market-driven medicine.Save to My Web

Ed funding tops list for 2005
Billings Gazette - Jan 01 2:02 AM
HELENA - It was a problem long in the making and one many feared couldn't be addressed easily or quickly: How do you fix a school funding system that the courts say is inadequate?Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Stirring stories from 2005

Stirring stories from 2005
Philadelphia Inquirer - The last year in Health & Science has been full of uplifting tales, from breakthroughs in cancer treatment to doctors helping tsunami victims to ordinary people overcoming extraordinary medical challenges. Harvey Harris He was the first to be treated

Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'
Edinburgh News - FORMER crisp factory workers who fear they were exposed to cancer causing asbestos, are calling for an official inquiry after uncovering information about an industrial incident 20 years ago. Ex-employees of Golden Wonder's Broxburn factory in West

Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India
Hindustan Times - Egyptian authorities have stopped the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau at Suez Canal. According to reports, authorities have asked the ship for papers to show that the carrier complies with the Basel Convention. Last week, a committee of

Asbestos Cancer - Oil drilling alters life for tiny village

Oil drilling alters life for tiny village
Seattle Times - Caught up in the current of change Thomas Ahtuangaruak, whose father helped settle the village of Nuiqsut three decades ago, races along a channel of the Colville River on his way to a family member's fishing cabin a few miles downstream from home

Hotel, condominiums planned
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - A proposed Holiday Inn with enough parking to serve hotel guests and residents of a condominium building next door is the latest evidence that East Liberty's long-planned revitalization finally is taking hold, community leaders say. Within the next

State quick to hand out recognition
Tribune-Chronicle - By Jim Sanders, SACRAMENTO BEE What's a Garibaldi? Californians shrug. Sarela Neal, 20, guesses that it's a type of wine or maybe a meal. Rene Castell, 68, said it's a famous singing group. Nope. A Garibaldi is the official state marine fish

Asbestos Cancer - Tests find water free of asbestos

Tests find water free of asbestos
The Republican, MA - Jan 14, 2006... asbestos in drinking water is not known to cause any health problems, long-term exposure at levels above the safety standard can cause lung disease and cancer, ...
Source: www.masslive.com

Kubota to apologize, compensate asbestos victims+
TMCnet - Dec 22, 2005... the plant, the sources said. Mesothelioma is a type of cancer known to be caused by asbestos exposure. Kubota has been paying 2 ...
Source: www.tmcnet.com

Fight over French asbestos ship on way to India
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Jan 10, 2006... But Greenpeace says that will not be enough to protect the non-unionised workers from cancer-causing asbestos and the risk of explosions. ...
Source: www.bangkokpost.com

Asbestos Cancer - The Prostitution of Science

The Prostitution of Science
MichNews.com - When you hear the words "scientific authority," check to be sure your wallet is still there and hold onto it tightly. Prostitution of science is using its good name for base purposes: falsifying data, and misinterpreting statistics to support a new

Mesothelioma And Asbestos Exposure
Health Talk - Mesothelioma (cancer of the mesothelium) is a disease in which cells of the mesothelium become abnormal and divide without control or order. They can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also metastasize (spread) from their

Asbestos Cancer - UI to study health of munitions workers

UI to study health of munitions workers
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health are beginning a new comprehensive health study to determine whether conventional weapons workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) near Burlington have elevated rates of death or

County waste decision tabled
Statesman Journal - what happened: The Marion County Board of Commissioners received a report of recommendations to increase the limit on the amount of out-of-county medical waste it accepts. no decision: The commissioners did not make a decision because the county

Asbestos Cancer - Scott Schroeder Of AllTerraSkates Chosen for the ABC American Inventor Round Two

Scott Schroeder Of AllTerraSkates Chosen for the ABC American Inventor Round Two
[Press Release] PR Web - Dec 29 12:17 AM
AllTerraSSkates Full Suspension Skates are ready to ride and annihiliate current skate lines. Scott Schreoeder has been auditioning for television with this unique frame. Round two eliminations are going on now and Scott has made it to the second round. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2005]Save to My Web

Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jan 09 8:44 PM
Environmentalists want France to order back an asbestos-laden aircraft carrier at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast where it is slated to be dismantled.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Stalling one ship, letting a sea of asbestos flow in

Stalling one ship, letting a sea of asbestos flow in
Express India - Jan 05 1:47 PM
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court's Committee on Hazardous Waste meets in Mumbai to decide on what to do with French aircraft carrier Clemenceau-headed for dismantling in Gujarat-because of asbestos in it. The dispute is over how much is there: the French government says 50 tonnes, green groups say 300 tonnes.Save to My Web

Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jan 09 8:44 PM
Environmentalists want France to order back an asbestos-laden aircraft carrier at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast where it is slated to be dismantled.Save to My Web

Voice of the Reader
Southern Illinoisan - Jan 17 5:04 AM
I would like to thank the Southern Illinois Humane Society and all of the shelters that provide help for the creatures that get lost, dumped or hurt and neglected as well as all of the animal control officers in this area.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Firm vows to pay asbestos victims

Firm vows to pay asbestos victims
Asahi.com - Dec 25 5:32 PM
AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Prefecture--The president of machinery manufacturer Kubota Corp. apologized Sunday for the high incidence of cancer afflicting people living near the firm's plant here and promised to compensate them.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Opelika to hear smoke-free ordinance

Opelika to hear smoke-free ordinance
Opelika-Auburn News - Smokers in Opelika may soon be confined to puffing their cigarettes or cigars in the privacy of their own space as most public places within the City of Opelika could soon be off-limits to the lingering aroma of tobacco smoke. A smoke-free ordinance

Asbestos Cancer - SC panel to discuss Clemenceau's fate

SC panel to discuss Clemenceau's fate
NDTV - Jan 05 7:34 PM
The fate of the decommissioned French Navy aircraft carrier Clemenceau comes up before the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste on Friday.Save to My Web

Health Minister Says "Orbit" Rice is Safe
AllAfrica.com - Jan 13 8:25 AM
Mozambique's Attorney-General, Joaquim Madeira, summoned Health Minister Ivo Garrido to his office on Wednesday to explain the case of the "Orbit", a ship full of rice which some fear may be contaminated with asbestos.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Oil drilling alters life for tiny village

Oil drilling alters life for tiny village
Seattle Times - Caught up in the current of change Thomas Ahtuangaruak, whose father helped settle the village of Nuiqsut three decades ago, races along a channel of the Colville River on his way to a family member's fishing cabin a few miles downstream from home

Asbestos Cancer - Kubota to pay victims, kin extra cash over asbestos use

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

2005 in Review: Part 2
The Western News - Jan 03 4:49 PM
Western News during 2005. It is the second of two parts. The first appearred in ther Wednesday, Dec. 28, issue of the newspaper.Save to My Web

Traces of Asbestos Confirmed in Ship Carrying Rice
AllAfrica.com - Jan 06 9:14 AM
Traces of asbestos have indeed been found in the holds of the "Orbit", a ship currently docked in Maputo port and carrying 17,500 tonnes of rice, reports Friday's issue of the independent newsheet "Mediafax".Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Toxic Clemenceau not to reach Indian waters before February 13

Toxic Clemenceau not to reach Indian waters before February 13
New Kerala - New Delhi: The asbestos laden French warship Le Clemenceau which reportedly has not been cleared of toxic asbestos will not be permitted to enter Indian waters before February 13, the date fixed by Supreme Court for the next hearing. This decision

Egypt turns back 'Clemenceau' Greenpeace calls off agitation
New Kerala - New Delhi, Jan 13 : Egypt today refused permission to the controversial decommissioned French warship Clemenceau to enter the Suez Canal on its way to India after it failed to produce documents showing it did not carry hazardous material, the

Asbestos Cancer - Strength is in the eye of the beholder

Strength is in the eye of the beholder
Midland Daily News (subscription), MI - Jan 15, 2006... In November, Dad a longtime smoker who worked with asbestos all those years in that hot factory was diagnosed with lung cancer. ...
Source: www.ourmidland.com

Traces of Asbestos Confirmed in Ship Carrying Rice
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 6, 2006... When inhaled, asbestos fibres can cause a series of diseases, including lung and gastrointestinal cancer. Thus the Mozambican health ...
Source: allafrica.com

Asbestos Cancer - County waste decision tabled

County waste decision tabled
Statesman Journal - what happened: The Marion County Board of Commissioners received a report of recommendations to increase the limit on the amount of out-of-county medical waste it accepts. no decision: The commissioners did not make a decision because the county

Asbestos Cancer - French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Indian Express - NEW DELHI, JANUARY 7: This story could have a lesson for India. The players are the same: France and Canada. France, the country that s sending the asbestos-laden ship, Clemenceau, to India. Canada, the country that exports nearly 90% of its

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

Asbestos Cancer - French toxic ship, a wakeup call for India to check ship ...

French toxic ship, a wakeup call for India to check ship ...
NewKerala.com, India - Jan 9, 2006... Once the Asbestos fibers are ... once it is lodged within the lungs and your breathing system will create a tissue growth around almost like a cancer, which will ...
Source: www.newkerala.com

Asbestos Cancer - SC panel to discuss Clemenceau's fate

SC panel to discuss Clemenceau's fate
NDTV - Jan 05 7:34 PM
The fate of the decommissioned French Navy aircraft carrier Clemenceau comes up before the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste on Friday.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Ed funding tops list for 2005

Ed funding tops list for 2005
Billings Gazette - Jan 01 2:02 AM
HELENA - It was a problem long in the making and one many feared couldn't be addressed easily or quickly: How do you fix a school funding system that the courts say is inadequate?Save to My Web

Stalling one ship, letting a sea of asbestos flow in
Express India - Jan 05 1:47 PM
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court's Committee on Hazardous Waste meets in Mumbai to decide on what to do with French aircraft carrier Clemenceau-headed for dismantling in Gujarat-because of asbestos in it. The dispute is over how much is there: the French government says 50 tonnes, green groups say 300 tonnes.Save to My Web

9/11 hero's death orphans a little girl
Herald Sun - Jan 13 6:13 AM
A YOUNG NYPD detective who was poisoned by asbestos dust at Ground Zero has died leaving an orphaned four-year-old daughter. There are now fears that about 50,000 emergency workers and volunteers who helped with the cleanup after the September 11 terror attack could suffer long-term health problems.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - First US Jury Verdict Linking Asbestos From Welding Rods to ...

First US Jury Verdict Linking Asbestos From Welding Rods to ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - Jan 9, 2006... of publicly traded Illinois Tool Works, Inc., "had argued that their asbestos product was different and incapable of causing lung cancer and mesothelioma. ...
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Shunned by the world, asbestos makes Sonia turf its new home
Newindpress, India - Jan 10, 2006... asbestos be transferred in close containers, in palette form and in impenetrable bags. Even one fibre lodges in the lung of the worker, it can cause cancer of ...
Source: www.newindpress.com

Asbestos Cancer - Traces of Asbestos Confirmed in Ship Carrying Rice

Traces of Asbestos Confirmed in Ship Carrying Rice
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 6, 2006... When inhaled, asbestos fibres can cause a series of diseases, including lung and gastrointestinal cancer. Thus the Mozambican health ...
Source: allafrica.com

School working to dodge closure
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jan 11, 2006... The first is between $60 million and $65 million and includes complete removal of the cancer-causing asbestos, which is contained in the building's plaster ...
Source: pittsburghlive.com

Asbestos Cancer - The Precautionary Principle

The Precautionary Principle
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - Jan 10, 2006... out of things that might be very dangerous: for instance, asbestos, tobacco and ... contributes to many serious diseases, not only lung cancer, and significantly ...
Source: www.scoop.co.nz

Post office is safe, air test results show
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Jan 12, 2006... is safe and does not contain dangerous levels of asbestos. Some employees at the post office, 430 Fifth St., had said they feared the cancer-causing substance ...
Source: desmoinesregister.com

India Turns Back Toxic Asbestos-Laden French Ship
AXcess News, NV - Jan 13, 2006... dismantling. The decommissioned French warship - Clemenceau - contains large quantities of asbestos, which is linked to cancer. A ...
Source: www.axcessnews.com

Asbestos Cancer - How asbestos firms brush cancer, disease under industry carpet

How asbestos firms brush cancer, disease under industry carpet
Express India - Jan 06 1:32 PM
When 68-year-old Mangabhai Patel tries to breathe, it's like he's breathing through a straw-constricted and extremely painful. Suffering from asbestosis, a severe form of lung impairment, he's one of the few surviving victims of this lethal form of asbestos exposure spending his last days in a hospital in Ahmedabad.Save to My Web

White House Press Room To Be Closed For Makeover
Washington Post - Dec 27 7:45 PM
The White House spokesman will spin on a new stage next summer.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan

EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan
Capitol Reports - the Agency's current and planned actions to ensure a coordinated agency-wide approach to identify, evaluate and reduce the risks to people from asbestos exposure. The plan focuses on improving the state of the science for asbestos; identifying and

French defend toxic ship, got WTO to ban asbestos import
Indian Express - NEW DELHI, JANUARY 7: This story could have a lesson for India. The players are the same: France and Canada. France, the country that s sending the asbestos-laden ship, Clemenceau, to India. Canada, the country that exports nearly 90% of its

Asbestos Cancer - High-profile lawsuits dip in Madison County

High-profile lawsuits dip in Madison County
Belleville News-Democrat - The number of class actions and asbestos lawsuits filed in Madison County has declined for the second year in a row. The number of class actions filed in 2005 stood at 46 last week, down from 82 in 2004. The number of asbestos lawsuits stood at 376

UI to study health of munitions workers
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health are beginning a new comprehensive health study to determine whether conventional weapons workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) near Burlington have elevated rates of death or

Asbestos Cancer - School working to dodge closure

School working to dodge closure
Pittsburgh Live - Jan 11 9:07 PM
Architects hired to look into whether the cost of renovating Schenley High School in Oakland can be lowered enough to get it off the list of city schools targeted for closing say the work will cost between $30 million and $65 million, depending on how much is done to deal with the asbestos in the building.Save to My Web

Greenpeace signature campaign to stop toxic Clemenceau from entering India
New Kerala - Jan 16 2:17 AM
By Maya Singh, New Delhi: Environmental group Greenpeace has launched a postcard signature campaign to compel Indian authorities to stop a decommissioned French warship from entering India.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - French court greenlight departure of warship Clemenceau for India

French court greenlight departure of warship Clemenceau for India
People's Daily Online - The Paris administrative court gave green light on Friday for the decontamination of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau in a shipyard in India . After rejecting the petitions of four ecologist groups, Joel Alquezar, who represented the

Senators should approve asbestos act
Baxter Bulletin - Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor have a good record of tackling the issue of asbestos head-on. Just this past May, our Senators were instrumental in securing federal funds to rid a closed service station at the Camden Port Authority of

Asbestos Cancer - Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India

Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India
Hindustan Times - Egyptian authorities have stopped the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau at Suez Canal. According to reports, authorities have asked the ship for papers to show that the carrier complies with the Basel Convention. Last week, a committee of

Medical News Story
News-Medical.Net - It happens every day somewhere in Europe: a building from the 1950s is demolished. A few children on their way back from school watch the giant bulldozer at work. The engine has already attacked the ground floor - apparently nobody has noticed the

SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau
NDTV - The decommissioned French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau may not be allowed to offload its waste in India. The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste has said that the ship must first be inspected to see the exact amount of asbestos that

Asbestos Cancer - Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India

Egypt detains French toxic ship en route to India
Hindustan Times - Egyptian authorities have stopped the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau at Suez Canal. According to reports, authorities have asked the ship for papers to show that the carrier complies with the Basel Convention. Last week, a committee of

Asbestos Cancer - Officials: Asbestos left in rubble not hazardous

Officials: Asbestos left in rubble not hazardous
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Jan 10, 2006... That was a technical issue.". Asbestos, once used in construction for insulation and as a fire retardant, can cause cancer if inhaled. ...
Source: www.argusleader.com

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

Promising Research in Early Detection of Mesothelioma
Emediawire (press release), WA - Jan 9, 2006... While some asbestos related disease has been detected, these methods cannot ... stumbling block to early diagnosis is distinguishing early stage cancer from other ...
Source: www.emediawire.com

Asbestos Cancer - Intl. Intelligence

Intl. Intelligence
UPI - Jan 16 11:26 AM
PARIS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- After defending France for roughly four decades, after aborted journeys to scrap yards in Turkey and Greece, the Clemenceau warship has embarked on yet another odyssey with an uncertain outcome.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Editorial: Manistique leaders made right decision

Editorial: Manistique leaders made right decision
Escanaba Daily Press - Jan 12 6:53 AM
When buying a used car, it's wise to kick the tires, look under the hood, and check for tell-tale oil stains under the vehicle. That's what the Manistique City Council did, figuratively speaking, when it decided this week not to buy the Manistique Armory from the state.Save to My Web

James Hardie faces surge in asbestos claims
Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 27 5:16 AM
THERE was a big surge in compensation claims against James Hardie for the fatal cancer mesothelioma last year, but an industry expert hired by the company says it may be the last big leap.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - So long, and thanks for the Bundt cakes

So long, and thanks for the Bundt cakes
Pioneer Press - The holiday season, in all its gastronomic glory, is in full swing. Let us pause to express gratitude to some people who had a direct impact on our recent festivities. It's likely that you've never heard of them. In no particular order of importance

Asbestos Cancer - The prostitution of science

The prostitution of science
Enter Stage Right - Prostitution of science is using its good name for base purposes: falsifying data, and misinterpreting statistics to support a new theory, with the objective of gaining personal fame and fortune. Recent publicity about such debased conduct should

So long, and thanks for the Bundt cakes
Pioneer Press - The holiday season, in all its gastronomic glory, is in full swing. Let us pause to express gratitude to some people who had a direct impact on our recent festivities. It's likely that you've never heard of them. In no particular order of importance

Postal workers want dust from flooring tested for asbestos
KWQC - DES MOINES, Iowa Postal workers at the Valley Junction post office in West Des Moines want dust from flooring in the building tested to see if it contains asbestos. Some employees say portions of the flooring in a back room is flaking off in chunks

Asbestos Cancer - James Hardie faces surge in asbestos claims

James Hardie faces surge in asbestos claims
Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 27 5:11 AM
THERE was a big surge in compensation claims against James Hardie for the fatal cancer mesothelioma last year, but an industry expert hired by the company says it may be the last big leap.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Ailing Veteran Fights For Benefits

Ailing Veteran Fights For Benefits
Tampa Bay Online News - Jan 03 9:54 PM
CLEARWATER - On Tuesday evening in a Clearwater nursing home, a group of military veterans did for Gene Marbeiter what the federal government has so far failed to do.Save to My Web

A year's worth of front-page news from The Enterprise
Beaumont Enterprise - Jan 01 9:33 AM
Jan. 3: Malcolm Andrus of Vidor found more than 300 pieces of American Indian stone implements in his back yard. Jan. 4: The Texas Department of Transportation announced that 27 Southeast Texas roads, including U.S. 69 in Jefferson County, would be upgraded.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Ed funding tops list for 2005

Ed funding tops list for 2005
Billings Gazette - HELENA - It was a problem long in the making and one many feared couldn't be addressed easily or quickly: How do you fix a school funding system that the courts say is inadequate? Lawmakers, education groups and state officials, unable to reach a

Asbestos Cancer - Powdery dust concerns postal staff

Powdery dust concerns postal staff
Des Moines Register - A powdery substance at the Valley Junction post office in West Des Moines will be tested to alleviate fears of a handful of employees who think the dust is floating asbestos, a cancer-causing substance, said a U.S. Postal Service safety official

Asbestos Cancer - Stalling one ship, letting a sea of asbestos flow in

Stalling one ship, letting a sea of asbestos flow in
Indian Express - NEW DELHI, JANUARY 5: Tomorrow, the Supreme Court s Committee on Hazardous Waste meets in Mumbai to decide on what to do with French aircraft carrier Clemenceau headed for dismantling in Gujarat because of asbestos in it. The dispute is over

Opelika to hear smoke-free ordinance
Opelika-Auburn News - Smokers in Opelika may soon be confined to puffing their cigarettes or cigars in the privacy of their own space as most public places within the City of Opelika could soon be off-limits to the lingering aroma of tobacco smoke. A smoke-free ordinance

Corning Offers Plan for Claims
Los Angeles Times - Owens Corning filed a new bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at wiping out the company's estimated $10.2 billion in asbestos liabilities. The plan, filed Saturday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., offers those claiming injuries from

Asbestos Cancer - Transportation, traffic top NE news

Transportation, traffic top NE news
North Kitsap Herald - Jan 04 1:05 AM
The year tried the emotions and patience of North Kitsap residents, but as always, the community came together to pull through.Save to My Web

Shunned by the world, asbestos makes Sonia turf its new home
Express India - Jan 10 1:18 PM
As the world queues up to ban all forms of asbestos, Sonia Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli just got a new asbestos unit. Commissioned this month-it is perfectly legal to set up such a unit-it was cleared in record time: four months flat.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Postal workers want substance tested

Postal workers want substance tested
The Des Moines Register - Dec 29 11:02 PM
By REGISTER STAFF WRITER Copyright 2005, Des Moines Register and Tribune Co.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Sufferers in a fight for care

Sufferers in a fight for care
This is Wiltshire - Above, the Garden of Remembrance in Queen's Park for victims of mesothelioma Ref: 200499-66 SUFFERERS from the "Swindon Disease" are to demand better care from the Government. The British Lung Foundation has named February 27 as the first Action

Asbestos Cancer - Powdery dust concerns postal staff

Powdery dust concerns postal staff
Des Moines Register - A powdery substance at the Valley Junction post office in West Des Moines will be tested to alleviate fears of a handful of employees who think the dust is floating asbestos, a cancer-causing substance, said a U.S. Postal Service safety official

EPA releases Asbestos Project Plan
Capitol Reports - the Agency's current and planned actions to ensure a coordinated agency-wide approach to identify, evaluate and reduce the risks to people from asbestos exposure. The plan focuses on improving the state of the science for asbestos; identifying and

Asbestos Cancer - Hospital receives bed from Pitt

Hospital receives bed from Pitt
News India-Times - Dec 31 3:20 AM
Islamabad : A hospital here has received the first of 40 orthopaedic beds that Hollywood star Brad Pitt donated for the Oct. 8 earthquake victims during his visit to Pakistan last month, The Nation reported on Dec. 29. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees delivered the bed to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences on Dec. 28.Save to My Web

Accent Features
Midland Daily News - Jan 15 5:28 AM
I always thought my dad was the strongest man on the planet. For more than 30 years, he carried heavy molds full of molten metal in suffocating heat and humidity in a factory. At his plant, mostly they made jet engine parts.Save to My Web

Promising Research in Early Detection of Mesothelioma
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jan 09 4:00 AM
(PRWEB) January 9, 2006 -- Mesothelioma, once a rare cancer, has become more prevalent in the past 50 years.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'

Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Jan 5, 2006FORMER crisp factory workers who fear they were exposed to cancer causing asbestos, are calling for an official inquiry after uncovering information about an ...
Source: news.scotsman.com

Bush wants Congress to pass asbestos fund bill
Washington Post, United States - Jan 6, 2006... Asbestos was widely used for insulation and fireproofing until the 1970s. Scientists say inhaled fibers are linked to cancer and other diseases. ...
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Asbestos Cancer - Greenpeace members held after "toxic" ship protest

Greenpeace members held after "toxic" ship protest
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists in New Delhi on Tuesday during a protest over the planned scrapping in an Indian yard of a French aircraft carrier they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material. The

Asbestos Cancer - FTC slams bedtime calls

FTC slams bedtime calls
Kansas City Star - How about a telemarketer who interrogates you about your sleep habits and then tries to sell you a new bed? The Federal Trade Commission claims a Nevada business that sells adjustable beds disturbed a lot of consumers sleep by calling 900,000

Asbestos Cancer - Bananas, root veggies may cut kidney cancer risk

Bananas, root veggies may cut kidney cancer risk
PakTribune.com, Pakistan - Dec 26, 2005... There are about 190,000 cases of kidney cancer diagnosed worldwide each year. ... and occupational exposure to certain chemicals, such as asbestos and cadmium. ...
Source: paktribune.com

Asbestos Cancer - SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau

SC panel orders inspection of Clemenceau
NDTV.com, India - Jan 6, 2006... Asbestos is banned in over 40 countries because it causes cancer and mercury is poisonous and is being phased out across the world. ...
Source: www.ndtv.com

Asbestos found in Orange school
Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA - Jan 11, 2006... According to the Environmental Protection Agency, asbestos can cause lung disease and cancer, but it is only a danger when it becomes airborne. ...
Source: www.dailyprogress.com

Cancer linked to building materials affect many
Xinhua, China - Dec 18, 200519 -- China could face a large 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 ...
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Asbestos Cancer - First US Jury Verdict Linking Asbestos From Welding Rods to ...

First US Jury Verdict Linking Asbestos From Welding Rods to ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - Jan 9, 2006... of publicly traded Illinois Tool Works, Inc., "had argued that their asbestos product was different and incapable of causing lung cancer and mesothelioma. ...
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Don't let other state use Maine as dumping ground
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - Jan 14, 2006... a day of arsenic-treated wood, 30,000 pounds a day of asbestos, 1,120 pounds ... all manner of toxic substances, and release dioxin -- the cancer causing chemicals ...
Source: morningsentinel.mainetoday.com

Asbestos Cancer - Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India

Fight over French asbestos ship headed to India
Channel NewsAsia - NEW DELHI : Environmentalists want France to order back an asbestos-laden aircraft carrier at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast where it is slated to be dismantled. But the Alang

Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'
Edinburgh News - FORMER crisp factory workers who fear they were exposed to cancer causing asbestos, are calling for an official inquiry after uncovering information about an industrial incident 20 years ago. Ex-employees of Golden Wonder's Broxburn factory in West

FRENCH COURT OKAYS ASBESTOS WARSHIP'S TRANSFER TO INDIA
Tocqueville Connection - P ARIS, Dec 30 (AFP) - A French court on Friday paved the way for a decommissioned warship insulated with asbestos to be sent for scrapping in India, after rejecting petitions by campaigners trying to block its transfer. A judge at the Paris

Asbestos Cancer - Midday Business Report: FTC slams bedtime calls

Midday Business Report: FTC slams bedtime calls
Kansas City Star - Jan 06 10:15 AM
Whats worse than getting bugged by a pushy telemarketer just before bedtime? How about a telemarketer who interrogates you about your sleep habits and then tries to sell you a new bed?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 found in Orange school
The Daily Progress - Jan 11 10:24 PM
ORANGE - Asbestos has been found in Prospect Heights Middle School, but Orange County school officials said Wednesday that it is not an immediate danger to students or staff.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Oil drilling alters life for tiny village

Oil drilling alters life for tiny village
Seattle Times - Caught up in the current of change Thomas Ahtuangaruak, whose father helped settle the village of Nuiqsut three decades ago, races along a channel of the Colville River on his way to a family member's fishing cabin a few miles downstream from home

Asbestos Cancer - (PRN) - Everlast Announces New Men's Underwear Launch ... [+]

(PRN) - Everlast Announces New Men's Underwear Launch ... [+]
Bolsamania.com, Spain - Jan 9, 2006... [+]. (PRN) - First US Jury Verdict Linking Asbestos From Welding Rods to Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer Affirmed by New York Appeals Court ... [+. ...
Source: www.bolsamania.com

Despite Asbestos Concerns, Rice Unloaded From 'Orbit'
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 11, 2006... is highly toxic: inhaling asbestos fibres can lead to asbestosis (a scarring of the lung tissue, causing severe breathing difficulties), and to lung cancer. ...
Source: allafrica.com

Dangerous: Asbestos in a Frizington house
News & Star, UK - Jan 5, 2006... All you have to do is breathe in two minute specs of this dust and it can cause cancer at any time. . ... We have been told that the asbestos will be ...
Source: www.newsandstar.co.uk

Asbestos Cancer - India Turns Back Toxic Asbestos-Laden French Ship

India Turns Back Toxic Asbestos-Laden French Ship
Axcess News - (AXcess News) Houston TX - The Indian government has stopped a French war ship at the Suez canal and refused to permit to continue on to a shipyard in Gujarat, India for dismantling. The decommissioned French warship - Clemenceau - contains large

Asbestos Cancer - Accent Features

Accent Features
Midland Daily News - Jan 15 5:28 AM
I always thought my dad was the strongest man on the planet. For more than 30 years, he carried heavy molds full of molten metal in suffocating heat and humidity in a factory. At his plant, mostly they made jet engine parts.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Popular nightclub to reopen for Easter

Popular nightclub to reopen for Easter
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - Jan 4, 2006Specialist Norwich contrac-tor 1st Choice Asbestos Removals yesterday began work at Yarmouth's seafront Atlantis Arena stripping the cancer-causing material ...
Source: new.edp24.co.uk

Officials: Asbestos left in rubble not hazardous
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Jan 10, 2006... That was a technical issue.". Asbestos, once used in construction for insulation and as a fire retardant, can cause cancer if inhaled. ...
Source: www.argusleader.com

Ex-factory staff in fight over 'asbestos deaths'
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Jan 5, 2006FORMER crisp factory workers who fear they were exposed to cancer causing asbestos, are calling for an official inquiry after uncovering information about an ...
Source: news.scotsman.com

Asbestos Cancer - Accent Features

Accent Features
Midland Daily News - Jan 15 5:28 AM
I always thought my dad was the strongest man on the planet. For more than 30 years, he carried heavy molds full of molten metal in suffocating heat and humidity in a factory. At his plant, mostly they made jet engine parts.Save to My Web