Asbestos and Mesothelioma World News

The collateral damage from the Oklahoma Tornado won’t be tallied for decades.  I urge you all to read the excellent The Huffington Post article "Oklahoma Tornado Health Risks May Lie In The Rubble"...

Chris Whitley had already survived three tornadoes and had worked at the scene of dozens more before arriving in Joplin, Mo. "It was unlike anything I'd ever seen," the U.S.

A Sydney judge has taken more than two years to make a decision in a case against the founder of the Clean Up Israel environmental campaign, who has been accused of causing land and water pollution by allegedly dumping asbestos-contaminated waste...

Dans leur arrêt du 17 mai, les magistrats parisiens exonèrent ce lobby créé en 1982 par les industriels et vont jusqu'à affirmer qu'"aucune étude (...) ne remettait en cause l'usage contrôlé de l'amiante".

BLOOMINGTON - Ron Thacker only worked at Bloomington’s UNARCO plant for a couple of years as a young man in the early 1950s, but it left an indelible imprint on

FRANCE - A court in Paris has cleared former Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry of manslaughter charges for failing to French protect workers from asbestos. The decision clears the way for her to...

Posted on May 16, 2013  Great news – a new shipment of  Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization wristbands have arrived. Since 2004, ADAO has sold or donated more than 6,000 light blue “Asbestos Aw...

One of Sarnia’s marquee parks is likely off limits the entire summer after asbestos was found in the soil. The city hired a consultant to sample the soil for contaminants after a tar like substance...

Mavis`s Fight with Mesthelioma

A FATHER and son are yet again taking part in a 24-hour relay to raise money for Cancer Research.David and Kieran Brewer, from St Budeaux, have taken part in the relay for the last three...

I am a wife, a mother and a mesothelioma warrior. I have a story to tell, one that starts with tragedy but ends in triumph.

It's no secret that asbestos is dangerous.

A decorating company has been fined after it exposed employees, agency staff and members of the public to potentially fatal asbestos material.

The Hazards Campaign is a network of resource centres and campaigners on health and safety at work

New Delhi, May 15: India’s environment ministry has ignored domestic laws and reneged on its own pledge by telling a global convention there is not enough evidence to show that asbestos is hazardous to health, a non-government group said today.

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is delighted to share an upcoming fundraiser event to benefit and support Janelle and her wonderful family. Where there is mesothelioma awareness,...

The City of Sarnia is closing a portion of Centennial Park to the public after soil samples taken in late April were found to contain asbestos.

http://www.hernebayculturaltrail.co.uk/barneswallis.asp Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was born the son of a doctor on 26 September 1887 in Ripley, Derbyshire. Sir Barnes Wallis worked first at a marine...