As medical studies and lawsuits point to increasing sickness and death from asbestos-contaminated talc, the Food and Drug Administration says it lacks both resources and laws with teeth to protect consumers. In addition to personal care products, talc,…
A SENIOR Cambodian politician wants Australia to reconsider a planned transfer that would see asylum seekers resettled in the Asian country. MILLIONS of Australian workers face a tax trap that will increase income taxes by $25 billion over the next fou…
Charles Powell, MD, chief of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and chair of the American Thoracic Society’s thoracic oncology assembly is available to comment on the upcoming announcement of a preliminary decision …
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation announced that starting on October 24, Melissa Culligan, RN, BSN, MS, a thoracic surgery nurse with extensive mesothelioma experience, has joined its Board of Directors. Ms. Culligan has worked as a thoracic…
Environmental testing has found no detectable levels of asbestos around a former factory in Melbourne’s west, despite an increase in local mesothelioma cases. An independent hygienist, overseen by Environment Protection Authority Victoria, was commissi…
Alarmingly, survival rates for five of 24 cancers – bladder, thyroid, Hodgkin lymphoma, testicular and mesothelioma – have got worse in the past 12 months But survival rates over five years for bladder, thyroid, Hodgkin lymphoma, testicular and mesothe…
“When it comes to asbestos, don’t cut it, don’t drill it, don’t drop it, don’t sand it, don’t saw it, don’t scrape it, don’t scrub it, don’t dismantle it, don’t tip it, don’t waterblast it, don’t demolish it and whatever you do, don’t dump it.” Hawkesb…
Anthony, or Tony, Westgarth, of Leadgate, near Consett , County Durham, died aged 69 in 2011 just days after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, the aggressive cancer of the lung lining that is caused by exposure to asbestos dust and fibres. Father-of-o…
Many consider asbestos to be an uncomfortable relic of industrial history – but families across the UK continue to live with its legacy. Thousands are still being diagnosed with asbestos-related illnesses every year.
A Luton lorry driver who took up glassmaking after being diagnosed with Mesothelioma – a rare form of cancer – is using his new-found skills to help the hospice. Malcolm Patrick, 66, of Nappsbury Road will be selling his handmade glass bowls and neckla…
Joe Amento, a lifelong resident of Ambler, was 53 when he died of a rare cancer with one main cause – exposure to asbestos. He was fine at Christmas 2002.
People who grew up around the Wunderlich asbestos factory in the 1950s and ’60s have fallen ill or died from breathing in the dangerous substance. They and their families tell their stories QUEENSLAND’S health protection unit has begun searching the st…
CHRIS UHLMANN: More than a thousand anxious and grief-stricken families caught up in an asbestos crisis have been thrown a billion dollar lifeline by Federal Cabinet. AM understands it agreed last night to give the ACT Government a concessional loan.
ASBESTOS ALERT: Daniel and Nicola Moore, with son, Hunter, 2, raised concerns in June about the way asbestos issues in the ceiling of their house were handled. The result last week of a WorkSafe New Zealand investigation into the Earthquake Commission’…
HEALTH authorities have revealed a spike in deadly mesothelioma rates in the area around an old asbestos factory in Melbourne’s west, after 16 people in the area were found to have died from the disease. VICTORIA’S environment watchdog was told deadly …