October 2, 2019
Makeup is a treasured product for many women. It can be used to hide flaws, accentuate features or as a creative outlet. Those who use it shouldn’t have to be worried about grave health risks. Sadly, cosmetic products aren’t always as safe as they appear to be. In early September, the U.S. Food & Drug [...]
September 24, 2019
A recent investigation has uncovered some dangerous facts about a now-shuttered Peterborough, Ontario-based, GE plant. From the 1940s until the mid-1970s, the plant sold off leftover asbestos scrap. For only three cents a pound, GE delivered asbestos scrap to dozens – perhaps hundreds – of workers’ homes by truck. The issue first surfaced publicly in [...]
September 13, 2019
The worldwide battle against mesothelioma has made significant progress. Countless countries have banned the substance outright. Although the United States still imports the dangerous fibers, manufacturing is a thing of the past. Innovations in medicine and treatments have helped to lengthen lives with researchers working tirelessly to find the elusive cure. In searching for the [...]
August 29, 2019
We have discussed the continuously expanding list of at-risk occupations. It seems as if a report highlights the danger of asbestos exposure in a new career on a regular basis. Unfortunately, a recent study has placed a new occupation squarely in the sights of mesothelioma awareness. Hairdressers. A naturally occurring material, asbestos was found, centuries [...]
August 22, 2019
Johnson & Johnson thought that they were in the clear in 1976. Mount Sinai Hospital researchers announced that while many talcum powder brands cause cancer, J&J products were free of the carcinogen. Now, more than 40 years later, unsealed company documents tell a much different story that reveals the possibility of company executives engaged in [...]
August 15, 2019
For decades, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has been fighting for a ban on asbestos in the United States. Since 1989 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) almost issued a nation-wide ban on asbestos, $100,000,000 USD has been spent on 375,000 metric tons of asbestos imports and many have lost their lives to asbestos-related [...]
August 13, 2019
The quest for a cure for mesothelioma continues as the United States and Canada have implemented what they consider “bans” on asbestos. However, those so-called prohibitions have their share of exemptions for both countries. Simply put, those qualified prohibitions have failed to eliminate the use of the deadly carcinogen. making it a “ban” in name [...]
August 8, 2019
Perhaps the most tragic aspect of a mesothelioma diagnosis is the amount of time it takes for the disease to progress. Often measured in decades, many victims discover that they are stricken with the deadly illness two decades following exposure. Twenty years ago, U.S. citizens were lamenting the coming of a new year and the [...]
July 25, 2019
For most, a mesothelioma diagnosis represents a death sentence. In spite of medical advancements, early detection is difficult until the disease is in an advanced stage where medical treatment is limited. Searches for a way to speed up detection have not met with much success, pushing studies to a more “out of the box” [...]
