Three deadly diseases that affect the Asbestos plant workers
March 8, 2010 by admin
Filed under Asbestos Cancer
Asbestos a fibrous mineral found in nature in metamorphic form. Many workers are employed in digging asbestos from the rocks. This causes more risks to those workers as it is very hazardous. The three deadly diseases that affect the workers are lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis.
Let us see all these three diseases in detail.
Mesothelioma:
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Is Asbestos Dangerous to health?
March 1, 2010 by admin
Filed under Asbestos Cancer
Asbestos extracted from a dense rock can be easily separated into fine fibers. This is used in building blocks as a main ingredient for various materials because of its high resistance to temperature, chemical inertness and strength. Even though the asbestos has varying uses it causes some serious health hazards.
Nearly 1.3 millions are exposed to [...]
University apartments to undergo asbestos removal, renovations
Nacogdoches, Texas – January 3, 2010
In Nacogdoches, Texas, students attending Stephen F. Austin State University are getting ready to say their final goodbyes to a complex that has housed many students over the years. The Garner Apartments will soon be demolished, as soon as asbestos abatement has been completed.
The 14-story dormitory is scheduled be demolished [...]
Mesothelioma-causing asbestos to be removed from abandoned city property
Moundsville, West Virginia – January 4, 2010
In Moundsville, West Virginia, the former Fostoria property is finally showing signs of life after two decades of sitting vacant.
“It hurt our economy when we lost the Fostoria. It had 700 to 800 employees at any one time. So that was a major dent in our employment,” said city [...]
What are the symptoms of malignant mesothelioma?
February 9, 2010 by admin
Filed under Mesothelioma
Symptoms of mesothelioma may include shortness of breath, chest pain or back pain, or pain and swelling in the abdomen. Other symptoms may include: difficulty swallowing, cough, fever, sweating, fatigue and weight loss.
Pleural mesothelioma symptoms may include hoarseness, coughing up blood, swelling of the face and arms, muscle weakness, paralysis and sensory loss. Peritoneal mesothelioma [...]
Bionomics testing new mesothelioma drug
TREVOR CHAPPELL
December 9, 2009 – 4:34PM
Drug developer Bionomics Ltd plans to conduct a Phase II clinical trial of its leading compound, anti-cancer drug BNC105, on 60 mesothelioma patients in Australia next year.
Bionomics chief executive Dr Deborah Rathjen said on Wednesday that the trial would be one of few trials next year involving a drug targeting [...]
Nov. is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
The American Cancer Society promotes local and nationwide activities, like the Great American Smoke out, to help educate people and to provide them with resources to help conquer their smoking habit. This year’s Great American Smoke out is scheduled for November 18.
Cancer is defined as a group of diseases that are characterized by the uncontrolled [...]
Cost of Asbestos-Related Deaths in Great Britain Projected to Double, Study Says
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
In the United Kingdom, more 2,000 people die a year of mesothelioma, a cancer associated with asbestos exposure. The numbers have been trending steeply upward since the 1960s, according to Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive.
Asbestos-related disease exacts a steep cost in terms of lives lost, pain and suffering by Mesothelioma patients [...]
Mesothelioma-causing asbestos removed from Nat’l’ Guard armory
Jackson, Missouri – January 24, 2010
In Jackson, Missouri, a $500,000 armory renovation is wrapping up. Removal of asbestos was a key component of this project, with small amounts of the carcinogenic material being removed from beneath floor tiles in the training room.
The removal of this material reduces the risk of servicemen and women being exposed [...]
London Appeals Court to Hear Landmark Mesothelioma Case
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Nether Langwith, UK—The death of a painting and decorating contractor in 2003 from the fatal asbestos cancer mesothelioma is at the center of a new court case which may have a lasting impact on mesothelioma sufferers’ compensation claims.
Leslie Edwin Screach worked for G&C Whittle Ltd., in Chiswick, Middlesex, from 1963 to 1968. [...]
