Asbestos Cancer Mesothelioma News
- LegalView Reports of Woman Allegedly Fired for Expressing Concerns with Asbestos-Tainted Flooring at Her Workplace Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 12:14PMLegalView updated its mesothelioma blog with information of a woman who was allegedly fired for openly discussing her concerns with asbestos-tainted flooring. The woman, who works at a nursing home beauty salon, claims she was fired after she expressed anxiety with over her health because of potential asbestos exposure. [PR.com - June 01, 2008]
- Weitz & Luxenberg PC, Steven D. Bell Co and Kennedy & Madonna File Environmental Lawsuit Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 1:13PM NEW YORK----Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. , Steven D. Bell Co., and Kennedy & Madonna today filed an environmental lawsuit against Republic Services of Ohio and Waste Management of Ohio on behalf of over 600 citizens in Bolivar, OH and surrounding communities.
- “People’s champion” laid to rest in Fife Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 9:39AMJohn MacDougall. The funeral of Glenrothes MP John MacDougall, who died last week from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related lung cancer, took place in Burntisland today (writes Bruce Fegen).
- Litigation and Arbitration Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 2:22AMAustralia: Who´s Afraid Of The Plaque? Did "Fear For The Future" Claims In Australia Just Get Harder?
- LegalView Blog Announces Recruitment Of Mesothelioma Victims For New Clinical Trial Combining Chemotherapy And ... Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 9:06AMLegalView, the most comprehensive legal resource available on the Web, released details of a newly advertised clinical trial that will target radiation and chemotherapy treatments rather than surgery for mesothelioma patients. The study is for individuals suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma, which is often considered the most deadly form of mesothelioma cancer.
- Mesothelioma Victims And Asbestos Exposure Victims Should Call The Mesothelioma Victims Center First Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 3:01AM The Mesothelioma Victims Center was created to assist all US victims of Mesothelioma.
- The Presence of Asbestos in School and College Buildings Continues to Pose a Potential Health Risk to Children and ... Sunday, July 13, 2008 @ 3:01AM Winston Solicitors discuss the potential health risks caused by asbestos that is still present in many UK schools. The Government and Local Authorities are urged to act in order to minimse the dangers.
- Workers exposed to asbestos: WorkSafeBC Tuesday, June 24, 2008 @ 3:18AMIn a quiet Richmond neighbourhood, a house being prepared for demolition is fenced off. Orange tarps contain the home and a large garbage skip sits in the driveway.
- Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
- Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
- Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
- Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
- Carol Starkweather Friday, June 6, 2008 @ 11:53AMCarol A. (Byrnes) Starkweather, 66, of West Chatham, who leaves a son in Forestdale, died on May 24 at Liberty Commons Nursing Home of mesothelioma (asbestos) cancer.
- Briefs Thursday, March 13, 2008 @ 5:29AMPHOENIX (AP) - The mechanics union at US Airways on Wednesday reached a contract agreement with the airline that includes pensions and 10 percent raises in the first year.
- Police raid home of terminally ill pair Tuesday, March 4, 2008 @ 10:10PMPolice have raided the homes of two Victorians who announced on television they planned to end their own lives, says euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke.
- Giving Patients a Lift Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 6:18PM The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation has established the Mary and Bob Cosentino Travel Grant Program to help newly-diagnosed patients consult with an expert on this very grave asbestos-related cancer.
- Call for school asbestos survey Friday, February 15, 2008 @ 2:27PMThe government is urged to survey all schools for life-threatening asbestos.
- Asbestos drug listed on PBS Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 7:41PMThe drug that the late anti-asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton fought to have added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), will be cheaper for sufferers of mesothelioma from today.
- 2008 brings tuition help, dearer drugs Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 6:24PMThousands of children struggling at school will have access to government-funded extra tuition from Tuesday but millions of other Australians will be paying more for prescription drugs.
- Asbestos disease drug gets govt subsidy Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 5:37PMSufferers of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma will have access to cheap treatment from Tuesday, after a long campaign to secure federal government subsidy paid off.
- Asbestos disease drug gets govt subsidy Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 5:23PMSufferers of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma will have access to cheap treatment, after a long campaign to secure federal government subsidy paid off.
- 2008 brings tuition help, dearer drugs Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 4:54PMNew laws will help thousands of children struggling at school get government-funded extra tuition, but prescription drugs will be dearer.
- Asbestos disease drug gets subsidy Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 4:38PMTHE legacy of asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton was sealed today as mesothelioma victims across Australia were universally given cheap access to treatment.
- www.wdio.com - More Information On Mesothelioma Cases Friday, December 7, 2007 @ 2:49PMThe Minnesota Department of Health has released updated information about the 58 cases of mesothelioma in Minnesota. Now they know that 1/4 of the workers had been employed in the mines for less than a year. And over 1/4 of them had worked there for more than 30 years.
- Asbestos still risk in small businesses: state survey Wednesday, December 5, 2007 @ 6:38PMOne out of every six small private business facilities has areas where asbestos remains exposed to the air, according to a recent government survey received Wednesday. Read more ...
- 17% of small firms leave asbestos exposed Wednesday, December 5, 2007 @ 4:57PMTOKYO — About 17% of small private business facilities leave asbestos, which can cause the lung cancer known as mesothelioma, exposed in their facilities, according to the results of a government survey made available to Kyodo News on Wednesday.
- Local legislators blame Pawlenty for fiscal imbalance Wednesday, December 5, 2007 @ 8:55AMHIBBING — State legislators from the Iron Range aren’t happy about a projected state budget shortfall, but they say there are ways to bridge it.
- Liza is living a death sentence Wednesday, November 28, 2007 @ 7:19AMLIZA Moran is living a death sentence. The 45-year-old was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2002, more than 20 years after helping out with family home renovations in the 1970s.