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Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Cancer Differences
2009-07-05 02:43:38 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com - Mesothelioma Asbestos, Press Releases)
Dallas, TX: Confusion prevails when diseases occurring from exposure to asbestos are discussed. The most common form of the exposure to asbestos are the asbestos lung disease (asbestosis or respiratory issues that arise due to exposure to asbestos and the mesothelioma cancers.
Scientists find genes that lift lung cancer risk
3 November 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - An international research team has identified two genetic variations that appear to increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer by up to 60 percent, they reported on Sunday.
October 19th, 2008 by admin
We’ve all, by now, heard the risks of inhaling asbestos fibers in factories, in houses, in schools, etc. What many people don’t realize is that there is an equally large risk of second-hand exposure. Just like second-hand smoke hurts people, second-hand exposure to asbestos also hurts people.
'Fibro' families latest asbestos victims
Kay Dibben
October 19, 2008 12:00am
FIONA Watterson remembers playing with bits of fibro brought home by her carpenter father when she was a young child growing up in Southport.
Ms Watterson, 44, now realises that
UK health and Saferty Exec starts Asbestos Awareness campaign
October 2008 A link to the Web site of the United Kingdoms Health and saferty Executives Asbestos Awareness push
DIY man forced to leave asbestos ridden home
Monday Metro
Sunday, August 3, 2008A DIY enthusiast has been forced to leave his dream home and destroy everything in it after he unleashed potentially lethal asbestos fibres.
Deadly building materials still coming into NZ
NZPA
Tuesday July 1 2008 - 02:48pmBuilding products with asbestos in them are putting builders at deadly risk, a new report commissioned by the Department of Labour says.
The report, obtained by NZPA under the Official Information Act, says many builders would not know asbestos if they saw it.
Asbestos clean-up ‘a week after fire’
By Lizzie Yates
Shropshire star newspapers
A clean-up operation to remove debris containing asbestos did not begin for a week after a massive fire showered ashes on parts of Telford, an inquest heard
Asbestos claiming a new generation
By Pia Akerman
The Australian
October 20, 2007 06:00am
TO most people, the face of asbestos disease is male and worn with signs of a hard life labouring in construction or on a factory line.
But a new tide of victims - increasingly female and dubbed the "third wave"- has arrived, and its numbers are tipped to rocket.
Children who played around
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Cowboys' ignore code on asbestos
October 07, 2007 12:00am
Sunday mail Australia
Taranaki Daily News 11 August 2007
Lyn Humphreys
Lawyer urges fast action in claiming lump-sum compo for asbestos illness
The New Zealand Herald
5:00AM Monday April 30, 2007
By Mike HoulahanAsbestos victims must have their condition assessed by the Accident Compensation Corporation or face missing out on lump-sum compensation, accident lawyer John Miller says.
WHO Calls for Prevention of Cancer Through Healthy Workplaces
4/27/2007 8:24:09 AM Web Wire
GENEVA - Every year, at least 200 000 people die from cancer related to their workplace, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Millions of workers run the risk of developing cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma
Asbestos disease has been underestimated
The Australian National University
3/04/2007
Current predictions of the future incidence of asbestos-related disease have been substantially underestimated, according to new modelling to be presented in Melbourne
Kids at risk of asbestos exposure
Ninemsn
Wednesday Jan 31 23:36 AEDTHundreds of children at a Sydney childcare centre could have been exposed to potentially deadly asbestos left lying at a demolition site next door.
Is Your Employer Giving You Asbestos Cancer?
There is some evidence that family members of workers heavily exposed to asbestos face an increased risk of developing mesothelioma. This risk is thought to result from exposure to asbestos fibers brought into the home
Asbestos complaints show 'dangers not understood'
ABC News Online
There has been a steady rise in the number of complaints about the misuse and management of asbestos
Asbestos warning ‘ignored’
Border Mail, Australia
JAMES Hardie Industries appears to have ignored employee complaints about deadly asbestos material at the company’s western Sydney site, a union
$600,000 awarded in asbestos compensation case
ABC News Online
Western Australia's Supreme Court has awarded $600,000 compensation to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after asbestos exposure.
