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Asbestos scare follows school fire

Fire crews responded to a call in Nottinghamshire, UK to find a former school up in blazes. Sherwood Hall’s two stories were sending up flames and ash into the surrounding neighborhood. Local Colin Thornton saw the fire from his workplace. “I’ve not seen anything like this before, this is massive. It is a really, really [...]

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One man turns a diagnosis into a cause

12 January 2011

Mesothelioma is a rare and fatal cancer affecting an estimated fifteen to twenty thousand people worldwide each year. Without a cure and with a short life expectancy following diagnosis, mesothelioma tends to bring normal life to a halt. One mesothelioma patient, however, is not stopping. Steve Lee of England was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. [...]

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Mesothelioma patient advocates for others

05 January 2011

Richard Mosca was diagnosed with rare cancer, mesothelioma, at the early age of 54. Characterized by a short life expectancy following diagnosis, mesothelioma has no known cures. In the face of these realities Mosca did not intend to focus just on himself and his family—he decided to help others facing the same struggle. Mosca began [...]

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National Broadband Network stalled by asbestos

29 December 2010

Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has begun to rollout their nationwide fiber upgrade. With plans to connect 93% of the nation through fiber-optic technology, the government owned company has a big job ahead of them. Originally, 25% of the fiber cables were going to be hung from existing telegraph poles, while the rest would be [...]

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Mesothelioma case from pre-school’s asbestos exposure

22 December 2010

An Australian woman, who wishes to remain unnamed, has been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos in a state pre-school facility. This lady was employed as a pre-school teacher’s aid during in the 1980’s at Shailer Park State Pre-school in Queensland. Although the facility was in fine working order in the early eighties, [...]

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Study shows positive factors for mesothelioma survival

15 December 2010

A recent study by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center was reported in the November 5, 2010 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. The study was a lengthy one including 9,107 patients who were diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma between 1973 and 2006. Researchers were attempting to isolate care factors and demographics associated [...]

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Non-profit executives found guilty after exposing kids to asbestos

08 December 2010

Non-profit executives, Rudy Buendia, Patrick Bowman and Joseph Cuellar face charges after being indicted by a grand jury for false statements and violations of Clean Air Act regulations. Now defunct Merced, California based Firm Build, provided job training for teenagers. It is believed as many as eighty teens were exposed to toxic materials during a [...]

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