Feds should cut asbestos funding: MP (Canada.com)
A New Democrat MP has challenged the federal government to cut its budget funding for the Chrysotile Institute, a Quebec-based advocacy group for the asbestos industry. Read more...
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Asbestos â new legal hope for South Cumbrian workersâ claims (North-West Evening Mail)
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Yonkers marks $40M cleanup of waterfront site (The Journal News)
PCBs, lead, asbestos and other industrial toxins are all but clean up along a section of Yonkers waterfront being readied for housing, shops and a marina as early as 2013. Read more...
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Posen consultant recommends removing asbestos from intersection (The News-Press)
An asbestos consultant hired by Posen Construction recommends removing any asbestos pieces from the intersection of Summerlin Road and College... Read more...
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Jury Finds Plaintiffs Lawyers Defrauded Railroad in Asbestos Suit (Law.com)
When a federal jury returned a verdict against two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, finding they had committed fraud against Illinois Central Railroad, it was the culmination of the railroad's seven-year battle against abusive asbestos claims. It also may have been the first civil trial in which attorneys were nailed for fraud in bringing these claims: The jury found the attorneys lied when they ... Read more...
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Bone Biologics receives Notice of Allowance of patent claims that protects formation of cartilage by UCB-1 (News-Medical-Net)
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Mayo Clinic Raises $1.35 Billion in First-Ever Comprehensive Philanthropy Campaign (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Testing finds no asbestos in mill fire ash (The Western News)
By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News Lincoln County commissioners gave the Environmental Health Department the go-ahead Wednesday afternoon to set up a hotline for residents to request their yards be cleaned of debris from the mill fire. Read more...
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Asbestos victims offered £70m support package (Independent)
The Government is set to present a £70m package of help for asbestos victims to trade unions this week. The proposals include setting up a research centre into asbestos-linked diseases; insisting insurers fund compensation for dying victims unable to rely on their employers' insurance; and more money for sufferers of the deadly asbestos cancer mesothelioma. Read more...
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Child death reporting bill passes House (Lexington Herald-Leader)
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Single microRNA exhibits potential to forecast outcomes of MPM (News-Medical-Net)
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The Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Provides Mesothelioma Cancer Victims The Names Of The Best US Lawyers (PRWeb)
Mesothelioma Search Engine, 13 March, 4:43pm
Engineer's asbestos death - family appeals for vital information (Burnley Today)
THE wife of a former Burnley worker, who died after being exposed to asbestos, is appealing for past workmates to get in touch so she can fight for justice. (21/01/2010 09:01:06) Read more...
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Court Rejects Claim That Firm Practiced 'Judicially Sanctioned Extortion' (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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Asbestos concerns after fire (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Fire safety crews in Auckland will be returning to the scene of last night's fire at a boat manufacturing company in Ellerslie to assess the damage and chemical threat. Read more...
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Mesothelioma Information Portal Diagnostics Test News
LegalView Updates Mesothelioma Information Portal with News of Diagnostics Test Capable of Differentiating Between Lung Cancer TypesLegalView recently reported on a new test that was designed to accurately differentiate mesothelioma cancer from other types of lung cancers. The test is expected to improve the accuracy of identifying and treating the fatal condition.Denver, CO, January 16 -- LegalView, the most informative legal resource available on the Internet, informed its mesothelioma information blog readers of a new diagnostics test that is capable of differentiating between the deadly mesothelioma cancer and other types of similar lung cancers, thus improving expediency of treatments. The test is known as miRview meso and is, according to reports... Read more...
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Govt to probe school asbestos scare (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Education Queensland (EQ) has launched an investigation into the discovery of asbestos at a north Queensland high school. Read more...
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60 firefighters tackle Auckland blaze (Otago Daily Times)
More than 50 Auckland firefighters are tonight battling a big factory fire in Ellerslie. By 7.45pm the building had partially collapsed, and asbestos had been found at the site. Decontamination procedures were being set up. Read more...
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Former Hewitt city manager Dennis Woodard dies (Waco Tribune-Herald)
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Weitz & Luxenberg Would Like to Hear from Marcus Hook, Pa., Residents with Respiratory Illnesses Such as Sarcoidosis ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Local asbestos inspector sentenced for making false inspections (KSDK St. Louis)
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Trial to begin in asbestos removal case (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
A federal victim witness advocate is alerting people about a trial in which the government claims asbestos was handled improperly and removed from the former Standard-Coosa-Thatcher plant on Watkins Street. Read more...
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New Research Could Help Provide Answers To Mesothelioma, England (Medical News Today)
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Ohio Scientists Determine Asbestos Causes Cancer
LegalView Reports Development of a Breakthrough Study Explaining How Asbestos Causes Mesothelioma CancerLegalView recently reported of a study by scientists at Ohio State University who are attempting to determine the molecular details of how asbestos fibers bind to human cancer cells. The scientists hope that with the study, they will eventually be able to produce more adequate mesothelioma treatments.Denver, CO, January 01 -- LegalView.com, the most comprehensive legal resource available on the Internet, recently informed its mesothelioma information blog readers of the development of a breakthrough study by Ohio State University researchers as to how asbestos fibers bind to human cells to cause the deadly condition known as mesothelioma. The scientists will be using a method known as atomic force... Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 8 March, 6:05am
Man exposed to asbestos, sacked (News Mail)
LEN Farnham is the man who was photographed using a domestic vacuum cleaner to remove asbestos-contaminated paint flecks from Mackay West Primary School. Read more...
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Judge denies late changes in asbestos case (The Age)
The Victorian Supreme Court has declined late changes to an asbestos damages case involving a Melbourne man who is dying from mesothelioma, James Hardie and CSR. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 7 March, 6:04am
Stateâs assisted-suicide law faces major test Monday (New Haven Register)
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Asbestos kills keen cyclist (Eastbourne Today)
A KEEN cyclist died from cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, an inquest found. (13/01/2010 09:51:52) Read more...
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Asbestos payouts campaign concern (York Press)
Mesothelioma Search Engine, 5 March, 4:22pm
CSR faces new asbestos case (North Queensland Register)
BUILDING products manufacturers James Hardie and CSR have been accused in court of joining forces during the 1960s and 1970s to try to dissuade regulators from restricting or controlling the use of their potentially lethal asbestos products. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 5 March, 6:05am
Insulation workers' £2,242 cash boost for hospice (Hartlepool Mail)
Mesothelioma Search Engine, 4 March, 4:25am
Asbestos Laboratory Receives Asbestos Analysis Accreditation
EMLab P&K's Asbestos Laboratory in Phoenix, AZ Receives NVLAP Accreditation for Asbestos AnalysisEMLab P&K's Phoenix, Arizona laboratory is NVLAP accredited for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code: 500031-0).Phoenix, AZ, January 13, 2010 -- EMLab P&K is pleased to announce the accreditation of its asbestos lab in Phoenix, Arizona by the National Volunteer Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code 500031-0)."With our Phoenix laboratory receiving NVLAP accreditation, EMLab P&K continues to demonstrate it is among the very best asbestos laboratories in the nation. The recognition shows that the analytical data produced from any of our facilities is always of the highest... Read more...
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Asbestos health alert as vandals ignore demolition signs (Yorkshire Post Today)
Mesothelioma Search Engine, 3 March, 4:23pm
Asbestos Laboratory Receives Asbestos Analysis Accreditation
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Asbestos Laboratory Receives Asbestos Analysis Accreditation
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Asbestos Laboratory Receives Asbestos Analysis Accreditation
EMLab P&K's Asbestos Laboratory in Phoenix, AZ Receives NVLAP Accreditation for Asbestos AnalysisEMLab P&K's Phoenix, Arizona laboratory is NVLAP accredited for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code: 500031-0).Phoenix, AZ, January 13, 2010 -- EMLab P&K is pleased to announce the accreditation of its asbestos lab in Phoenix, Arizona by the National Volunteer Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code 500031-0)."With our Phoenix laboratory receiving NVLAP accreditation, EMLab P&K continues to demonstrate it is among the very best asbestos laboratories in the nation. The recognition shows that the analytical data produced from any of our facilities is always of the highest... Read more...
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Asbestos Laboratory Receives Asbestos Analysis Accreditation
EMLab P&K's Asbestos Laboratory in Phoenix, AZ Receives NVLAP Accreditation for Asbestos AnalysisEMLab P&K's Phoenix, Arizona laboratory is NVLAP accredited for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code: 500031-0).Phoenix, AZ, January 13, 2010 -- EMLab P&K is pleased to announce the accreditation of its asbestos lab in Phoenix, Arizona by the National Volunteer Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code 500031-0)."With our Phoenix laboratory receiving NVLAP accreditation, EMLab P&K continues to demonstrate it is among the very best asbestos laboratories in the nation. The recognition shows that the analytical data produced from any of our facilities is always of the highest... Read more...
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Asbestos Laboratory Receives Asbestos Analysis Accreditation
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Pipe burst releases asbestos at steam plant (The Daily Orange)
A burst pipe at one of Syracuse University's Taylor Street steam plants raised new concerns about the ongoing legal battle between SU and the Project Orange Associates. The burst occurred on Feb. 12, dislodging asbestos in the building. Though it did not disrupt steam production, the incident prompted Project Orange to warn SU of its practices at the plant. Read more...
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Ban Asbestos Now campaign launched to educate public on the dangers of asbestos inhalation (News-Medical-Net)
Mesothelioma Search Engine, 2 March, 4:40am
End Asbestos Exports, Scientists Tell Charest (The Epoch Times)
Scientists from 28 countries have called on Quebec Premier Jean Charest to ban asbestos exports to developing countries. Read more...
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Dying workers 'robbed of life and of their compensation' (Independent)
Mesothelioma Search Engine, 1 March, 4:25pm
Council accepts asbestos-removal bid (Jacksonville Patriot)
The Jacksonville City Council on Thursday accepted the low bid of $146,800 to remove and dispose of asbestos from the Manor House Apartments off Redmond Road, near Dupree Park. Read more...
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Asbestos fine as death toll hits 4,000 (contractjournal.com)
Two firms and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres. Read more...
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