Illness in B.C. from deadly fibres epidemic, union says
Wayne Peppard, 60, executive director of the construction trades council, and a plumber for 37 years, is now being tested for possible disease caused by his lengthy exposure to asbestos. He says many cases of asbestos-related disease go undiagnosed and B.C. is seeing an epidemic. Ian [...]
A day after the the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) came under fire for withholding information on additional cases of mesothelioma among Minnesota’s Iron Range workers, the department announced that six new cases of the cancer were found among the miners.
By Katherine Torres
In a group of 72,000 people who worked in the state’s iron mining [...]
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 9, 2007–The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an organization dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today announced that an increasing number of patients suffering from asbestos-related diseases are now younger than in previous reports. Case reports from the past three years reveal a new median age of 51 and nearly [...]
Study targets rates near former vermiculite sites
By Lois M. Collins Deseret Morning News
A Department of Health study found no increased rate of asbestos-associated cancer among those living within a two-mile radius of two former vermiculite plants in downtown Salt Lake City. And although the study found significantly increased rates of respiratory and [...]
AS an epidemic of asbestos-related cancer looms nationally, hospital bosses are awaiting new guidelines on steps to take after a patient is diagnosed.
Mesothelioma is a fatal cancer of the lining of the lungs, caused by inhaling asbestos fibres.
The use of asbestos is now banned and guidelines on handling the building material have become stricter.
But an [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After asbestos exposure, men are more likely than women to develop malignant mesothelioma, according to an Australian study.
Mesothelioma, a lethal cancer of the lining of the lungs and the chest cavity, is caused mainly by exposure to asbestos.
Alison Reid told Reuters Health that she and her colleagues [...]
