In 2000, the Seattle Post Intelligencer confirmed that asbestos had been found in crayons. Seven years later, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization confirmed asbestos in five consumer products including a child’s toy.
The EWG Action Fund is calling for a ban on asbestos in consumer products after it found traces of the carcinogen in children’s crayons and toy crime lab kits. Four of 28 boxes of crayons tested positive for asbestos, according to the newly released re…
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Although many people think of mesothelioma as a form of cancer that affects only the lungs, the article on http://mesothelioma.us/ notes that it can also attack other parts of the body. In addition, explains the new article, each form of mesothelioma c…
Aspirin may inhibit the growth of mesothelioma, an aggressive and deadly asbestos-related cancer, University of Hawai’i Cancer Center researchers have found. The finding could eventually give doctors and patients a potential new tool to fight against t…
Soap may seem to be keeping germs at bay, but in many homes, it’s doing harm. Surprisingly, there are items lurking in most homes that are unhealthy because they’re old or contain harmful ingredients.
As a spokesperson for http://mesothelioma.us/ noted, the new website discusses cases and diagnoses of the often misunderstood disease. Even though Mesothelioma.us launched a short time ago, it is already getting a lot of attention from readers who are …
Asbestos continues to kill residents of Allegheny County and Pennsylvania at rates much higher than the national average and in greater numbers nationally than previously thought, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group Action Fund…
New Jersey, home to some of the country’s largest manufacturers of asbestos products, ranks eighth in the nation for the number of people who died from lung cancer and other asbestos-related diseases, according to a new report. From 1999 to 2013, betwe…
In the UK, despite the import and use of all forms of asbestos being banned more than 15 years ago, the incidence of mesothelioma continues to rise. Mesothelioma is almost invariably fatal, and more research is required, not only to find more effective…
Soap may seem to be keeping germs at bay, but in many homes, it’s doing harm. Surprisingly, there are items lurking in most homes that are unhealthy because they’re old or contain harmful ingredients.
It has been treasured by food lovers for thousands of years for its rich golden colour, peppery flavour and mustardy aromaa and now turmeric may also have a role in fighting cancer. Researchers at Flinders are investigating whether an active ingredient…
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A Los Angeles, Calif. jury has awarded $13 million to a 73-year-old woman who contracted a deadly disease from using asbestos-containing talcum powder manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Fred Smith visited Abu Dhabi in late 2013 and was helping his daughter move house when he started having trouble breathing. An exploratory procedure found a mass which was found to be mesothelioma, a cancer that is most commonly caused by exposure to a…