New figures have revealed how victims of asbestos-related diseases have been paid more than 200,000 in compensation from councils around the region over the past five years. And local authorities have acknowledged potentially deadly asbestos is still p…
Researchers aiming to assess the health impact of living in Mr Fluffy asbestos-contaminated homes will seek access to the national Medicare database and state-held cancer databases from around the country. The two-year study will aim to get a list of e…
Ministers have abandoned muchcriticised pay-outs worth only 80 per cent of average civil claims, which were agreed in a voluntary deal struck with insurance companies. The cut was heavily criticised when the Mesothelioma Bill passed last year, when a C…
Malignant mesothelioma has been found at higher than expected levels in women and in individuals younger than 55 years old in the southern Nevada counties of Clark and Nye, likewise in the same region carcinogenic mineral fibers including actinolite as…
ANDREW Barr and Simon Corbell have announced a research program into the potential long-term health risks of living in a house with loose-fill “Mr Fluffy” asbestos. The research will be undertaken by the Australian National University’s National Centre…
The ACT Government has commissioned the nation’s first detailed long-term health study into the risks of living in houses contaminated with Mr Fluffy asbestos. The $415,000 government-funded study will be conducted over two years by the Australian Nati…
Mary Beth Benison readily admits that she sometimes wonders: Why me? “Why things like this happen is one of the great mysteries of life,” she said. “I keep searching for an answer, but I’m not sure I’ll ever find it.”
Mary Beth Benison readily admits that she sometimes wonders: Why me? “Why things like this happen is one of the great mysteries of life,” she said. “I keep searching for an answer, but I’m not sure I’ll ever find it.”
Mary Beth Benison readily admits that she sometimes wonders: Why me? “Why things like this happen is one of the great mysteries of life,” she said. “I keep searching for an answer, but I’m not sure I’ll ever find it.”
MPs from across the political divide have urged the Government to “backdate” the increase in payments to asbestos-related cancer sufferers after new compensation rules were unveiled. The coalition announced this week that compensation will rise to matc…
Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Discusses Secondhand Asbestos Exposure and Spouses Who Have Been Diagnosed With Mesothelioma Because of What an Industrial Worker Brought Home; This week the Mesothelioma Victims Center is now educating diagnosed victims…
Malignant mesothelioma has been found at higher than expected levels in women and in individuals younger than 55 years old in the southern Nevada counties of Clark and Nye, likewise in the same region carcinogenic mineral fibers including actinolite as…
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Patricia Martens entered the research world late – she was 47 when she received her PhD in health sciences – but she was prolific nonetheless. By the time of her death, she had published more than 300 articles, reports, book chapters and abstracts.