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Asbestos Exposure May Shorten Firefighters’ Life Expectancy
 
Asbestos Exposure May Shorten Firefighters’ Life Expectancy

Asbestos Exposure May Shorten Firefighters’ Life Expectancy

The Firefighting Authority is putting into place new safety measures for handling asbestos fires, which may pose firefighters their greatest health risk. Yesterday’s fire in Keshet gave firefighters their first opportunity to try out new regulations. The firefighters used protective equipment and washed themselves afterward to minimize their exposure to asbestos. Firefighters around the [...]

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Mesothelioma research center faces possible funding cuts

01 February 2010

The University of Hawaii’s Cancer Research Center will be re-evaluated by the National Cancer Institute next week to ascertain whether it will maintain its designation as an NCI Cancer Center. The University of Hawaii’s Cancer Research Center received about $1.5 million from the NCI last year, helping Dr. Michelle Carbone, the Cancer Research Center’s director, [...]

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Forensic sculptor faces mesothelioma

19 January 2010

Frank Bender, a forensic sculptor who worked with John Walsh, the host of the popular show America’s Most Wanted, has been diagnosed with mesothelioma. Although he had no formal training in forensics or the arts, Bender has worked for more than thirty years accurately recreating the faces of those involved in crimes – often working from [...]

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New drug developed to fight mesothelioma

06 January 2010

The Australian pharmaceutical company Bionomics recently announced that they will be moving into Phase II clinical trials on their newest compound designed to fight mesothelioma. The trials, which will begin this year, are being conducted based on the success of the first round of Phase I testing which took place throughout 2009. Dr. Deborah Rathjen, [...]

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USA still waiting for complete asbestos ban

24 December 2009

The American Public Health Association, also known as APHA, called on congress for a ban on the use of asbestos products at the end of their annual meeting last month. Almost all of the 12,000 health professionals that were present agreed with the proposed measure. The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued the Asbestos Ban and [...]

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Libby Montana: A Long Road to Recovery

12 December 2009

Libby, Montana, a small town sprung up in a beautiful valley around the Kootenai River, has been dealing with asbestos contamination for more than half a century now. The town’s toxicity was caused by a vermiculite mining operation, a mineral used in the manufacture of insulation and fire retardant materials throughout the twentieth century, whose [...]

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Palliative Care Options Conference in San Diego Next Week

05 December 2009

A Palliative Care Options conference will be hosted in San Diego, California, on Tuesday the 8th of December, next week at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center. The convention will discuss supportive care options for patients of mesothelioma. Supportive care, or palliative care, refers to treatments and practices for decreasing pain and improving [...]

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