Asbestos payouts campaign concern (York Press)
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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...
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Insulation workers' £2,242 cash boost for hospice (Hartlepool Mail)
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Top floor of Cleveland State University's Rhodes Tower closed for two years because of asbestos cleanup (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The history and belief departments at Cleveland State University won't return to the 19th floor of Rhodes Tower because an asbestos abatement and remodeling project is expected to take years to complete. A roofing project this summer dislodged ceiling tiles on the 19th floor, exposing the asbestos. Read more...
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Asbestos health alert as vandals ignore demolition signs (Yorkshire Post Today)
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Mesothelioma Deaths Still Increasing, New York Attorney Says (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
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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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Asbestos found in Castel Hospital (BBC News)
Tests have proven there is asbestos in the roof of part of Guernsey's Castel Hospital. Read more...
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Dying workers 'robbed of life and of their compensation' (Independent)
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Rhode Island Personal Injury Attorney Recognized for Outstanding Ethics and Legal Ability (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
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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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Asbestos was minimal (This is Hampshire)
EXPOSURE to asbestos was not a major contributory factor leading to the death of a former worker at Eastleigh Railway Works, an inquest heard. Read more...
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Commissioners discuss asbestos project (Sidney Herald)
Sidney Herald Richland County commissioners discussed asbestos removal from the former community services building during a meeting on Monday. Read more...
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Childhood favorite wins cookie contest (Fond du Lac Reporter)
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Complementary Cancer Therapies: Helpful or Hurtful? (PRWeb)
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Removal process continues at BoRit (The Ambler Gazette)
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently continuing Phase II of the removal process at the BoRit asbestos site, with an anticipated completion date of late January pending no major weather delays. Read more...
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Eternit asbestos trial opens in Italy (Malaysian Mirror)
TURIN, Italy -Two top former shareholders in the Swiss building materials firm Eternit went on trial Thursday for alleged negligence leading to more than 2,000 deaths in Italy from asbestos-related diseases. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 30 January, 6:02pm
AG, city agree on asbestos remedy (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
WORCESTER - Attorney General Martha M. Coakley's office has reached an agreement with the city about allegations that public school officials improperly removed and disposed of vinyl asbestos tiles from the Vernon Hill School auditorium in 2007. Read more...
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In Libby, they're doing their best despite Grace verdict (The Montana Standard)
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CPRIT awards $2 million grant to study prostate cancer (News-Medical-Net)
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Veteransâ apartmentsplanned in Bernards (The Bernardsville News)
BERNARDS TWP. â" A plan to provide more transitional housing for homeless veterans calls for constructing a 90-unit rental-housing complex on the grounds of the Lyons Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center off Valley Road. Read more...
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Advocateâs work for asbestos victims spans 35 years (Daily Inter Lake)
LIBBY â" It was six funerals in six weeks that prompted Gayla Benefield to lay down her torch a couple of years ago. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 28 January, 6:04am
A tumultuous year: Blount's top news stories for 2009 (The Maryville Daily Times)
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Asbestos â new legal hope for South Cumbrian workersâ claims (North-West Evening Mail)
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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...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 26 January, 6:02pm
Mayo Clinic Raises $1.35 Billion in First-Ever Comprehensive Philanthropy Campaign (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Porter County firm's suit alleges Lake of bad deal (Post-Tribune)
A Porter County engineering firm is suing the Lake County Board of Commissioners for more than $1 million, alleging a broken contract. A suit filed for John Blosky, co-owner of Amereco Engineering Inc. in Valparaiso, states that the firm did $68,425 in design work it was never paid for and lost $1 million in future work when the commissioners canceled a contract in 2006. The suit was filed Dec ... Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 25 January, 6:03pm
Terminally-ill owner counts his blessings, not days (thewest.com.au)
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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...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 24 January, 6:03am
Asbestos is cause of Southcote manâs death (Reading Evening Post)
A Southcote man died at home after exposure to asbestos while at work, an inquest heard. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 23 January, 6:03am
In Libby, they're doing great, despite verdict (The Montana Standard)
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Meet Quebec's 'Mr. Asbestos' (Toronto Star)
Bernard Coulombe has big plans for a mineral shunned here but valued in the developing world. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 21 January, 6:04pm
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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Meet Quebec's 'Mr. Asbestos' (Toronto Star)
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Court Rejects Claim That Firm Practiced 'Judicially Sanctioned Extortion' (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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Asbestos water leaks through ministry ceiling (Stuff)
Water contaminated with deadly asbestos powder leaked from the ceiling at the Education Ministry's head office and landed on a staff member's desk. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 19 January, 6:04pm
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...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 19 January, 6:04pm
Safety concerns in Halls (The Clarion)
Asbestos, bats and frozen pipes are problems some students living on campus have encountered as they returned for winter quarter. These problems are plaguing DU's 45-year-old Centennial Halls and Centennial Towers, according to Justin Price, director of Housing and Residential Education. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 19 January, 6:03am
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...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 19 January, 6:03am
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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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...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 17 January, 6:00pm
Board OKs expansion of Calif. toxic waste facility (AP via Yahoo! News)
A county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West, despite concerns about an increase in birth defects in a nearby farming town. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 17 January, 6:01am
Mill asbestos work ongoing (The Republican)
HOLYOKE - Federal officials say they will work to keep residents informed as asbestos removal continues at the Sargeant Street site of a paper-mill fire. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 16 January, 6:04pm
Cell Medica receives second grant for development of adenovirus infection therapy (News-Medical-Net)
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Campbell asbestos concerns (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The ACT Office of Regulatory Services (ORS) says it has stopped construction work at a building site in Canberra's inner-north after residents raised concerns about exposure to asbestos. Read more...
4 Mesothelioma Information, 16 January, 6:01am
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...
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