SearchTags: asbestosATL steps up asbestos awareness campaign30th October 2007 The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has stepped up its asbestos awareness campaign. So far it has four hundred signatures for its register of teachers who believe they have been exposed to asbestos while at work. The ATL is...This article is… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Pleural Plaque Victims Will Not Get Compensation29th October 2007 Law Lords in Scotland have ruled that a condition known as pleural plaques, a scarring of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos, is technically not a disease and therefore those suffering from this disorder cannot make claims for compensation.
Accord… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Pennsylvania Asbestos Site Declared One of Worst in the U.S.29th October 2007 Residents in a suburban Philadelphia town were dismayed to learn that they were on the list of the four most-contaminated asbestos sites in the nation.
About 38 acres in Ambler, PA â“ located just a few miles outside the Philadelphia city limits â“ was… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Mesothelioma Cancer Unlike Any Other27th October 2007 Mesothelioma is unlike any other cancer.
Mesothelioma is a cancer like no other. Unlike cancers that get more coverage in the media, like leukemia or breast cancer, mesothelioma is a disease that is becoming harder to ignore. Each year, 2,500 new cases… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Australia Sees New Generation of Asbestos Victims25th October 2007 An article posted on news.com.au states that Australia is seeing a new wave of asbestos victims…women, particularly younger women.
According to the article, this so-called third wave of asbestos victims includes those women who played around thei… more » Categories: Asbestos Information |
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