A Toronto neighborhood was evacuated recently because of feared asbestos exposure after an explosion in a Sunrise Propane facility. Some 12,000 people were evacuated as a precaution against exposure to airborne asbestos, a known toxic substance that can cause mesothelioma, a deadly lung cancer.
Cleanup crews found asbestos residue in streets near the explosion site and [...]
Tags: asbestos site, pleural mesothelioma
The results of a new study conducted by scientists in Italy may lead to new and faster methods of diagnosing mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer in the lining of the lung due to asbestos exposure.
Researchers in the department of Molecular Pathology and Innovative Therapies at the Institute of Occupational Medicine at Polytechnic University of [...]
Tags: Biomarkers, Mesothelioma Treatment
Asbestos Tile Cleanup in Vermont School
The Main Street Middle School in Montpellier, VT, will be closed until authorities conduct a $50,000 cleanup of asbestos tiles. A health department inspector discovered the tiles were improperly removed from floors fearing the release of asbestos fibers in the air.
Mesothelioma attorneys know that asbestos can cause a deadly form [...]
Tags: Asbestos in Schools, Schools removing asbestos, Tremolite Asbestos
A new, targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma is underway at the Mesothelioma Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. “We will investigate whether a combination of chemotherapy and radiation targeted directly to the lung’s lining can improve outcomes while avoiding surgery,” according to Dr. Robert Taub, director of [...]
Tags: pleural mesothelioma
Asbestos-saturated lot found on Marco Island, Florida.
This is a video clip of the NBC news coverage of the asbestos criminal activity on Marco Island, Florida. It was aired October 26, 2006.
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Tags: Asbestos, asbestos site