Investigation slams asbestos industry
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Quoted from http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Investigation+slams+asbestos+industry/3307407/story.html
Investigation slams asbestos industry
9-month probe. Report threatens government loan
By MONIQUE MUISE; KEVIN DOUGHERTY of The Gazette contributed to this report, The Gazette July 22, 2010 7:18 AM
MONTREAL - The fight to keep a controversial mineral flowing out of the tiny Quebec town that bears its name has been dealt a major blow at […]
India’s expanding use of asbestos brings dire warnings
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97621/indias-expanding-use-of-asbestos.html
India’s expanding use of asbestos brings dire warnings
Asbestos use is growing quickly in developing countries like India. | Photo: Sonumadhavan
By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
NEW DELHI — Every day, the swirling waters of the Arabian Sea bring misery to Alang, the world’s largest shipbreaking yard, in […]
Lobbyists push use of deadly asbestos in developing nations
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97625/lobbyists-push-use-of-deadly-asbestos.html
Lobbyists push use of deadly asbestos in developing nations
MCT
By Jim Morris | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
WASHINGTON — A global network of lobby groups has spent nearly $100 million since the mid-1980s to preserve the international market for asbestos, a known carcinogen that’s taken millions of lives and is banned or restricted in […]
Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97624/asbestos-us-legacy-may-be-half.html
Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths
Anthophyllite asbestos fibers viewed through an electron microscope. | U.S. Geological Survey
By Jim Morris | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
WASHINGTON — The first sign of trouble came as Bill Rogers was mowing his lawn one January morning in 2007. “As I would go back and forth with […]
Asbestos still killing families, decades later
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97843/asbestos-still-killing-families.html
Asbestos still killing families, decades later
Julie Gundlach plays with her daughter, Madeline Young, 7, at their home in St. Louis. Gundlach has mesothelioma. | Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat/MCT
By Brian Brueggemann | Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat
EDWARDSVILLE — Growing up, the laundry room in Julie Gundlach’s home doubled as a playroom.
And that’s where the 39-year-old figures she […]
Calif may dump ’state rock’ that contains asbestos
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Quoted from http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbdeSCuOvpxz0Tsk9jVInGY3UX1AD9GVD5480
Calif may dump ’state rock’ that contains asbestos
By TREVOR HUNNICUTT (AP) – July 15, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put to myriad industrial uses.
Nearly half a century later, attitudes toward that mineral — asbestos […]
WR Grace Co. responsible for over 400 deaths in Montana town due to asbestos
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Quoted from http://www.examiner.com/x-29099-Grand-Rapids-Public-Health-Examiner~y2010m7d6-WR-Grace-Co-responsible-for-over-400-deaths-in-Montana-town-due-to-asbestos
WR Grace Co. responsible for over 400 deaths in Montana town due to asbestos
July 6, 10:33 AM
Grand Rapids Public Health Examiner
Nancy Zielinski
Health workers are saying that the W.R. Grace vermiculite mines are responsible for at least 400 deaths in Libby, Montana, due to asbestos contamination. Montana’s congressional delegation is looking to the US […]
Health organisations call on government to halt chrysotile asbestos exports to developing nations
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Quoted from http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Health+organisations+call+govt+halt+asbestos+exports/3220879/story.html
Health organisations call on government to halt chrysotile asbestos exports to developing nations
By Robert Gibbens, The Gazette June 30, 2010
MONTREAL - Three national health organizations Wednesday added their weight to protests against continuing Quebec exports of chrysotile asbestos to developing countries.
They also backed the Canadian Cancer Society’s appeal to Quebec Premier […]
Aircraft maintenance and mesothelioma
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Quoted from http://www.ijoem.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5278;year=2010;volume=14;issue=1;spage=24;epage=24;aulast=Bianchi
Aircraft maintenance and mesothelioma
LETTER TO EDITOR
Year : 2010 | Volume : 14 | Issue : 1 | Page : 24
Claudio Bianchi, Tommaso Bianchi
Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer-Italian League against Cancer, Monfalcone Hospital, Monfalcone - 34074, Italy
Date of Web Publication
24-Jun-2010
Correspondence Address:
Claudio Bianchi
Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer-Italian League against Cancer, Monfalcone […]
Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Quoted from http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2935568.htm
Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim
By Megan Lewis
Posted Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:24am AEST
A central Queensland man has made a successful claim against his former employer’s insurer after being diagnosed with terminal asbestos-linked cancer.
Rockhampton resident Ian Hutcheon, 74, says he was exposed to asbestos fibre during the four years he worked at the former […]
