
Asbestos is the number one cause of work-related deaths in the Canadian province of Quebec which has Canada’s only asbestos mine.Data collected by the Quebec workers' compensation board indicate that 104 Quebec workers died of occupational disease during the first eight months of 2009, and 61 of t...

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York announced Monday they'll lead a five-year investigation of the long-term effects of human exposure to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore in Libby, Montana...

More than 35,000 people died of mesothelioma in Britain from 1977 to 2007, prompting a new government health education campaign to warn tradesmen of the ongoing risks of asbestos exposure...

By Wade Rawlins Asbestos mineral fibers gained widespread use in building materials and construction decades before the deadly effects of breathing asbestos fibers became apparent in cases of cancer and fatal respiratory ailments...

The New York law firm of Belluck & Fox has obtained a $1.5 million verdict and punitive damages of $750,000 against Fisher Controls International following the death of a worker at Hooker Chemical in Buffalo, New York, who was exposed to asbestos on the job...

A Vermont flooring company faces of a penalty for failing to follow federal guidelines pertaining to removal and disposal of asbestos building materials.According to the U.S...

Medical researchers in North Carolina have announced a new study to investigate the possibility of a genetic predisposition to the development of mesothelioma...

A group of mesothelioma victims and their families are asking Indiana lawmakers to rewrite state law to allow people who get diseases that appear decades after exposure more time to sue for compensation.Under current Indiana law, victims have 10 years to file a lawsuit after being exposed to a...

In the August 2009 issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, a new study was published showing that sheet metal workers have an increased risk of dying from mesothelioma...

Former mine workers in the Iron Range of Minnesota have begun undergoing health screenings to help researchers unravel a medical mystery...

Do routine homeowner activities such raking the yard, cutting grass or shoveling dirt could cause asbestos fibers to become airborne? That is the question investigators with the U.S...

By Wade RawlinsEven today with the health hazards of asbestos well documented, Canada remains the fifth largest exporter of the mineral fiber in the world...

A resolution by the leader of the New Jersey Senate would designate Sept. 26 of each year as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in the Garden State. The resolution was introduced by Senate Leader Tom Kean to raise awareness of this deadly form of cancer...

The largest and most significant gathering of plaintiff and defense attorneys in the asbestos community gets underway Wednesday in San Francisco. The National Asbestos Litigation Conference runs through Friday, Sept...

By Wade RawlinsTiny carbon nanotubes — lattices of carbon far smaller than the width of a human hair —possess extraordinary physical and chemical properties and may find many new uses from delivering medicine directly to tumors to miniaturizing electronics to building lighter weight space craft and...







