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New Zealand Enacts National Asbestos Ban

New Zealand will prohibit importation of all asbestos products and materials beginning Oct. 1, joining 57 other countries that already ban asbestos. Nick Smith, New Zealand environment minister, announced the latest prohibition last week. His statement marked progress toward a long-sought, worldwide ban on the toxic mineral. “It’s about bloody time,” Laurie Kazan-Allen, coordinator of…

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New Zealand Enacts National Asbestos Ban

New Zealand will prohibit importation of all asbestos products and materials beginning Oct. 1, joining 57 other countries that already ban asbestos. Nick Smith, New Zealand environment minister, announced the latest prohibition last week. His statement marked progress toward a long-sought, worldwide ban on the toxic mineral. “It’s about bloody time,” Laurie Kazan-Allen, coordinator of…

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New Zealand Enacts National Asbestos Ban

New Zealand will prohibit importation of all asbestos products and materials beginning Oct. 1, joining 57 other countries that already ban asbestos. Nick Smith, New Zealand environment minister, announced the latest prohibition last week. His statement marked progress toward a long-sought, worldwide ban on the toxic mineral. “It’s about bloody time,” Laurie Kazan-Allen, coordinator of…

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Immunotherapy Trial for Mesothelioma Shows Early Promise

The immunotherapy drug avelumab showed promising results in a recent phase I clinical trial for malignant mesothelioma, raising hopes as a future second-line therapy. The clinical trial included 53 patients with pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma. It was part of the JAVELIN development program for avelumab, a series of clinical studies testing the drug on about…

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Scientists Focus on Enzymes and Proteins to Develop New Treatments

Scientists are continually exploring new opportunities for drugs to combat mesothelioma and recently, scientists have zeroed in on a particular enzyme that is said to be “overexpressed” in pleural mesothelioma. This enzyme, known as orotate phosphoribosyl transferase (OPRT) is believed to curb the development and spread of mesothelioma which would have a huge impact on

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Medical Marijuana: A New Treatment for Mesothelioma?

Earlier this month, Ohio legislators approved a bill that would allow patients with malignant mesothelioma to buy and use marijuana for medical purposes – legally. The bill will now move on to the governor, and if that is signed, Ohio will become the 25th state to legalize some form of medical marijuana. This news is

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Hillsboro Landfill Fined $6,400 For Failing To Cover Asbestos Properly

Hillsboro Landfill Inc. has been fined $6,400 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for improperly covering asbestos waste.

Legendary Philly animal cop dies weeks after declaring his final wish

He was 69. Bengal had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, a possible side-effect of his military service in southeast Asia, earlier this year. According to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals : “Doctors thought it was a hernia, but surgery revealed that it was mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer which in George’s case affected the membrane lining of the abdomen.

Mesothelioma sufferer dies soon after gaining Australian asbestos payout

Auckland pensioner Des Sayegh has lost his fight against mesothelioma, after receiving his confidential payout from Australia for asbestos exposure. His grieving widow, Ann, said her husband of nearly 59 years was relieved he received the money a month…