Asbestos Discovered on School Grounds in 2013 Still an Issue for Local Residents
East Penn Residents Continue to Ask for Investigation into Illegal Asbestos Dumping
Penn study seeks to track Ambler’s asbestos legacy
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.
We’ll search street by street
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…
Abbott Government offers ‘Mr Fluffy’ asbestos lifeline
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.
Questions remain after asbestos report
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’…
Appeals Court Holds Defendant Union Carbide Responsible for $18 Million Punitive Damages Verdict
Mesothelioma Victim Has $18 Million Punitive Damages Award Upheld
Spike in cancer deaths revealed
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 …
Study seeks to track factory town’s asbestos legacy
Joe Amento, a lifelong resident of Ambler, Pennsylvania, was 53 when he died of a rare cancer with one main cause: exposure to asbestos. He was fine at Christmas 2002.
Possible Improper Asbestos Disposal Investigated By State
State Investigates Demolition Contractor for Possible Asbestos Violations
Aduro Presents Updated Interim Results from Phase 1b Clinical Trial…
Of 16 evaluable patients with response data, 75% had confirmed durable partial responses and 19% experienced stable disease after CRS-207 and chemotherapy, for a 94% rate of disease control . At the time of the presentation, estimated progression-free …
Maryland Court Reconsiders a Company’s Duty to Warn of…
Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals recently reconsidered the duty to warn of asbestos-containing replacement parts that the defendants did not manufacture or place in the stream of commerce in Philip Royce May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al …
Surgeon David Mason Building Thoracic Program at Baylor in Dallas
David Mason, chief of thoracic surgery and transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center, is building a new program with multiple cancer specialists.
Exposure to asbestos caused the death of hospital worker from Watford, an inquest has heard.
Barabara Fiona Fargus, who lived at King Edward Road, Oxhey, died on September 14 at the Peace Hospice from cancer. The 54-year-old worked in a London hospital for about two years and during that period building alterations took place which exposed her…
Hairmyres Hospital criticised over treatment of terminal cancer patient
A hospital which claimed a man with terminal cancer who could not speak phoned them to cancel an examination and a locum GP who withdrew continuous pain relief from a dying man have been criticised by an ombudsman. A hospital which claimed a man with t…
‘Biggest asbestos tragedy since Wittenoom’ faces Melbourne suburb
An asbestos factory in Melbourne’s western suburbs may have affected nearby residents and left dust in homes, even 30 years after it closed, in what’s been described as Australia’s worst asbestos tragedy since Wittenoom. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: For nea…