Asbestos and Mesothelioma World News

THE public health risk following Monday's asbestos incident at the old Gillies factory in  has residents calling for an urgent solution.

Unlike the steelworkers and shipbuilders who worked with vast quantities of asbestos decades ago, the latest round of mesothelioma sufferers tend to be more idiosyncratic, changing asbestos litigation.

DEADLY asbestos is present in 80 of the schools in Warrington, research has revealed.

Former TransCanada Corp. employee Evan Vokes' impassioned testimony before a Canadian Senate committee last week painted "a very, very bleak picture of the pipeline industry in Canada, and probably by extension, the States," according to Sen.

BRAVE Debbie Brewer passed away after battling rare disease for seven years. It was caused by asbestos on dad’s coats

A Plymouth woman who believed she developed lung cancer from contact with her father, and became an awareness campaigner, dies.

Queensland and New South Wales lodging more than 1,000 official complaints a year about mismanagement of asbestos

Dominic Kelly: You can't argue for deregulation in Australia, and then blame the government when problems arise

At first it was miners and wharfies, then all sorts of tradesmen. Now a different generation of home renovators and others are being diagnosed with cancer after exposure to asbestos.

ANYONE who was inspired by mesothelioma campaigner Debbie Brewer, who passed away earlier this week, will be welcome at her funeral service, says her family.Debbie, aged 53, spent her last days at St...

All but four of WA's 16 prisons have been identified as having some form of asbestos contamination, with two facilities rated as high-risk, it has emerged.

Merced County high school students who were exposed to cancer-causing asbestos soon will have an opportunity to confront in court the three men responsible for risking their health.

A WOMAN with an international reputation for raising awareness about cancer caused by asbestos has died from the disease.Debbie Brewer, aged 53, spent her last days at St Luke's Hospice.Her death was...

BBC News - Debbie Brewer: Plymouth 'cancer hug' campaigner dies  Posted on June 9, 2013 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) mourns the loss of our beloved Mesothelioma Warrior, Debbi...

Senator Frank Lautenberg left us with two bills aimed at updating and improving the regulation and safety of the chemicals we use and live with. Which one's better?

Experts are warning that there is widespread illegal dumping of asbestos waste around the country and its costing tens of millions of dollars each year and exposing thousands of Australians to deadly