SearchArchives for: August 2007British Asbestos Case Results in $300,000 Settlement30th August 2007 A couple in Texas recently filed suit against 39 different companies due an illness caused by exposure to asbestos. Theodore Alderman and wife, Nancy, are filing their lawsuit in West Virginia where Mr. Alderman worked from 1957 to 1990 as a pipefitter f… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos-Induced Mesothelioma in Veterans Posted By : Matt Stoddart29th August 2007 Veterans who served in the army, navy, air force and marines before 1970 are a high-risk group for mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused primarily by exposure to asbestos.This article is courtesy of ArticleSphere.comCanadians Say Thousands of Navy Vetera… more » Categories: Asbestos News Legal Action Helps Raise Asbestos Awareness18th August 2007 Sheila Alsop watched her husband, Lionel, die of mesothelioma in 2005, two years after he had retired. The couple had been married for 43 years and shared two sons. Sheila is now suing the company that she feels is responsible for her husbands exposure t… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos Organization Launches Free Online Video Library17th August 2007 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announced today that it has launched a free online Asbestos Video Library (AVL).
The organization, which is dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims and their families, is setting up a fiv… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Mesothelioma: Breaking News - Is the Cure Finally Here? Posted By : Aldian Prakoso17th August 2007 Mesothelioma is a rare and deadly cancer that attacks three vital components of the human body. Mesothelioma damages the lining of the chest, abdominal cavity, and the heart. Unfortunately many cases of mesothelioma are not diagnosed in the early stages… more » Categories: Asbestos News Texas Vermiculite Plant Responsible for Asbestos Exposure Cases17th August 2007 In 2005, the federal government warned the Texas Vermiculite plant, a mineral processing plant in West Texas owned by W.R. Grace & Co., that it could have exposed employees, as well as residents of the area around the plant, to asbestos. After the g… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Zimbabwe Asbestos Industry Hosts Sporting Event10th August 2007 In an attempt to show neighboring countries that the mining of white chrysotile asbestos is safe, and in hopes of de-campaigning the push for a total ban of asbestos, the owners of two Zimbabwe asbestos mines will host a gala sporting event later this… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Burglars May Be Contaminated with Asbestos08th August 2007 In a robbery that may have gotten the burglars more than they bargained for, thieves broke into an asbestos-ridden building in England and stole work clothes, boots, and equipment being used by specialist contractors to remove brown asbestos â“ the most… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Jamaica Concerned about Asbestos06th August 2007 The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) reports that they are in the process of removing dangerous asbestos from a now defunct power plant at Hunts Bay, material that should have been removed more than five years ago.
An article in the Jamaica Observer reports… more » Categories: Asbestos Information IBAS produce report on asbestos use in Asia05th August 2007 The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat have recently produced a publication titled: Killing the Future (Asbestos Use in Asia). The report examines the use of asbestos in Asia and contains detailed information on asbestos issues in a number of countri… more » Categories: Asbestos Information WHO to shift position on white asbestos?05th August 2007 In May the World Health Organisation (WHO) appeared to be considering a change to its stance on the status of Chrysotile, white asbestos used in asbestos-cement and similar products.
White asbestos is currently on a list of carcinogenic materials, a lis… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Jaguar in court over asbestos exposure05th August 2007 Luxury car manufacturer Jaguar is being sued by the wife of a former worker who believes he contracted mesothelioma while working at the firms Brown Lane plant.
Mr Heer died in June but his wife is continuing with the case and...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Asbestos Information |
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