January 6, 2013
A report from Ireland discussing mesothelioma cancer in woman, points out the global reach of this disease. The most disturbing finding of the study from the National Cancer Registry, was that wives of men who worked in asbestos-using industries are at risk for developing mesothelioma. They found 90 percent of female mesothelioma victims were married. [...]
December 27, 2012
This story is from Alabama, but this situation could occur in any school district in the United States. The problems are the same across the country, from Maine to California. The town of Montevallo is south of Birmingham, and is facing the issue of cleaning up an elementary school. The cleanup was prompted by high [...]
December 14, 2012
We naturally like to look for a cause and effect when dealing with most things in our life. If we touch a hot pan, we feel pain and can see a red spot on our skin where we burned ourselves on the pan. Diseases like cancer can be a problem, because some cancers have long [...]
November 30, 2012
A newspaper article from Australia raises the prospect that home remodeling, in part promoted by television programs, will create more victims of asbestos. The story reports that many of the victims could be women. Barry Robson, the president of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia, was reported as saying that TV shows in Australia had [...]
November 13, 2012
A study out of Switzerland looked the long-term survival of mesothelioma patients who received trimodal therapy and concluded the procedure had mixed results. The patients given trimodal therapy did significantly better in the short-term than those in the palliative care group of the study. However, the five-year survival rate for those with malignant mesothelioma was [...]
November 9, 2012
Older individuals who have developed Mesothelioma should not ignore the possibility of receiving some compensation for their disease. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. This cancer often leads to the deaths of those who develop it. The asbestos exposure occurred over a wide range of industries and many different products. The [...]
October 29, 2012
Mesothelioma is a cancer that is often triggered by asbestos mineral fibers being inhaled and settling in the lungs. These very tiny fibers, lodge deep in the lungs and irritate the tissue, eventually causing scar tissue to develop, called Asbestosis. Asbestos had been used for decades in many industrial and construction applications, from insulating batting [...]
October 28, 2012
Peanut butter, cantaloupe, mangoes — in the last year, there have been major product recalls for each of these items. Sickness from consuming these tainted food products affected people in 19 states, and the victims were predominantly kids. What may disturb Californians even more is that the situation does not appear to be improving. The [...]
October 2, 2012
Product defects of any kind are undesirable. It becomes worse when the target consumers are children. Residents of Marin County should be aware of the federal government’s 2008 ban imposed on the use of toxic phthalates chemicals in toys. The toxic chemical is again in the news, but this time in relation to many school [...]
