Knee Deep in Asbestos

When I was 17 old I started working at an asbestos mine in the Yukon. I had the excitement of youth and looked on the thing as a big adventure.The mine was located about 7 miles from the Alaska border on the banks of the Forty Mile River, which emptied... Read More

Does It Pay to Get a Mesothelioma Attorney?

Mesothelioma is a serious form of rare cancer. There is no known cure for mesothelioma cancer. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer you will no doubt have many questions and concerns and may have wondered if you need a mesothelioma attorney.Although the number of... Read More

Asbestos Killed My Husband

He was only a child when it begun -and he played as children do- in his yard with his toy cars and tip trucks But his sand was asbestos blue?In December 1999, my husband and I were walking home from a game of lawn bowls when I became aware of... Read More

Mesothelioma Cancer

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer involving mesothelial tissues of body organs usually lungs or abdominal. It is often caused by exposure to asbestos. However, there are 30-50% of patients without any history of asbestos exposure. People who have received asbestos exposure of as little as one or two months... Read More

Who is at Increased Risk For Developing Mesothelioma?

Since the late 1800's Asbestos has been mined and used commercially. The use of Asbestos dramatically increased during World War II and since the early 1940's millions of Americans have been exposed to asbestos dust working within industries where initally the risks were not known. There has been widespread exposure... Read More

How Is Mesothelioma Treated?

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. However, they may have been been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways. This could include working with asbestos or by home renovation using asbestos cement products or even by washing the clothes of... Read More

Mesothelioma - The Largest Man Made Epidemic

It is documented that Australia had the highest per capita use of asbestos in the world from the 1950's until the 1970's. As a tragic consequence, Australia now has the highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma in the world. With more than 500 Australians contracting mesothelioma per year, it is... Read More

Mesothelioma Book - Review

"Lean on Me" Cancer through a carer's eyes Lorraine Kember (2003) 130pp.ISBN 0 646 49969 6As Janet Craven, palliative care nurse, and Andrew Dean, palliative care physician note in their respective forwards to this book, Lean on Me is a unique and intensely personal description of a writer's responses to... Read More

What Is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma the medical name for cancer of the pleura (the lining of the lung and chest cavity) or cancer of the peritoneum (the lining of the abdomen). It is usually caused by prolonged or persistent exposure to asbestos.Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until between twenty and fifty years after... Read More

Beryllium The New Asbestos?

It was American workers on the world's first atomic bomb who became the first industrial victims of beryllium, a rare but especially light, stable and strong metal whose toxic dust can kill those who breathe it.Now Seafarers doing ship maintenance and have used Jasons De-rusting and de-scaling guns (also known... Read More

In The News:

Secretary had fibre in her lung
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK - Jul 25, 2008
A post-mortem discovered a single asbestos fibre in her lungs. The cause of death was bronco pneumonia due to malignant mesothelioma. ...

Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease
Washington Post, United States - Jul 21, 2008
... radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that's almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. ...

Officials Claim EPA’s Asbestos Risk Assessment Reform Endangers ...
Asbestos.com, Florida - Jul 25, 2008
These erroneous studies claim chrysotile asbestos, the most commonly used type of asbestos, is not dangerous and does not cause mesothelioma cancer. ...

Newindpress on Sunday
Kind words for a killer
Newindpress on Sunday, India - 9 hours ago
... of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad, have shown that long-term exposure to any type of asbestos can lead to asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. ...

Housing Project Work Crews Uncover Hidden Asbestos
Asbestos.com, Florida - Jul 24, 2008
July 24, 2008 - Known to cause a rare form of cancer called mesothelioma, asbestos was recently found during the development of a new housing project. ...

Hope Awaits Mesothelioma Patients - Rosetta Genomics Lung Cancer ...
Asbestos.com, Florida - Jul 23, 2008
Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive form of cancer that develops as a result of asbestos exposure. The average survival time of patients diagnosed with ...

Best Syndication
The History of Asbestos and Related Health Issues
Best Syndication, CA - Jul 24, 2008
Also, in the 1930s medical journals began to make the link between cancer and asbestos; mesothelioma, as a term, came into use in 1931. ...

Agencies asked to ease safety rules
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul 23, 2008
"I'd like the political appointees at the EPA to look into the eyes of a mesothelioma patient and say that asbestos isn't dangerous. ...

A miracle survivor who beat the odds a second time
The Age, Australia - Jul 25, 2008
After a year of chest pain, Ms Steiner was diagnosed last year with mesothelioma, a malignancy caused by asbestos that affects about 600 Australians a year. ...

124 companies named in four asbestos suits
West Virginia Record, WV - Jul 24, 2008
He has asbestosis and mesothelioma. According to the suit, the plaintiffs were each exposed to asbestos and other harmful ingredients contained in products ...
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