Asbestos NewsMesothelioma and asbestos-related pleural diseases - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 Source: Respiration: International Review Of Thoracic Diseases The journal Respiration: International Review of Thoracic Diseases has recently published an overview of mesothelioma and a number of other diseases caused by asbestos exposure... Asbestos Fibre Concentrations in the Lungs of Brake Workers: Another Look - Wed, 23 Jul 2008 Source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene The causative relationship between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma has been clearly established for almost a century... Public Heath Advocates Form Committee to Ban Asbestos in America - Mon, 23 Jun 2008 Source: Business Wire The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and The John McNamara Foundation have announced the formation of the Committee to Ban Asbestos in America (CBAA), an advocacy group dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure and eliminating asbestos-caused diseases... $2 million to help Millyard cleanup - Mon, 16 Jun 2008 Source: Nashua Telegraph The Nashua Telegraph is reporting that the City of Nashua has received a $2 million grant from the U.S... Lung function predicts survival in a cohort of asbestos cement workers - Wed, 23 Apr 2008 Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health From the earliest reports of lung disorders in asbestos workers, which date from the early 1900s, to our current time where asbestos has been conclusively shown to cause a number of terrible cancers and diseases—with the various forms of mesothelioma, such as pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma, probably the most feared of them—the mineral’s health effects are as terrible as they are common to those exposed to it... Clearing the Air Over Asbestos - Fri, 11 Apr 2008 Source: Science Magazine In the article “Innate Immune Activation Through Nalp3 Inflammasome Sensing of Asbestos and Silica,” that was recently published in the journal Science, an international team of researchers identified the manner in which asbestos fibers cause scarring and damage to the lungs and to other body tissues... Asbestos Exposure during Routine Brake Lining Manufacture - Mon, 10 Mar 2008 Source: Industrial Health 2007, 45, 787-792 As awareness of the hazards of asbestos exposure became more common during the last few decades, many developed nations implemented statutory protocols strictly regulating the manner in which asbestos could be commercially used... New Rules Offer More Protection to Mine Workers Exposed to Asbestos - Mon, 03 Mar 2008 Source: Duluth News Tribune The Federal Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) has recently announced new rules governing airborne asbestos levels in mines across the country, finally bringing the mining industry into the same asbestos regulatory levels as are industries that are covered by OSHA standards... Asbestos Exposure Will Kill 300 Workers a Year: Survey - Tue, 05 Feb 2008 Source: Vancouver Sun A recent article in the Vancouver Sun details the results of a study on the health of construction workers in the Canadian province of British Columbia... Human Health Effects Associated with the Commercial Use of Grunerite Asbestos (Amosite): Patterson, NJ; Tyler, TX; Uxbridge, UK - Tue, 08 Jan 2008 Asbestos does not refer to a single type of mineral, but to a family of six individual minerals that share common structural properties... Asbestos News Archive: Past Headlines
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Mesothelioma is a serious cancer that
occurs in individuals exposed to
asbestos. 
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