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Asbestos-related cancer costs Canadians billions
According to Canada’s Globe and Mail Newspaper, a first-ever estimate of the toll of asbestos-related cancers on society pegs the cost of new cases at $1.7-billion per year in Canada, […]
Montreal Asbestos Activist
According to the Montreal Gazette, Helping to acknowledge and turn the tide on asbestos exposure, Kathleen Ruff will receive a medal of honor in Quebec’s National Assembly for her decade […]
Closely Watched AstraZeneca Cancer Drug Fails in Mesothelioma
According to foxnews.com, a closely watched AstraZeneca drug, tremelimumab, did not extend lives of patients with the rare cancer mesothelioma when given on its own, but the drug maker said […]
Asbestos-linked Cancer on the Rise in Canada
According to theglobeandmail.com, recently updated figures from Statistics Canada show the number of cases and deaths from mesothelioma have continued to rise and show no signs of abating. There have […]
Asbestos Warning For Australian Schools Due to Dangerous Substance Found in Science Kits
Asbestos remains a potential problem in the USA and several countries around the world. Many problems in schools were cleared up in the United States with the enactment of AHERA […]
Asbestos Deaths to Predicted to Peak 2015 to 2020 in UK
According to the UK Daily Mail, the number of cases of a cancer affecting workers exposed to asbestos before the 1980s has yet to reach its peak, senior doctors have […]
Federal Building closed due to asbestos
The Federal Building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee was shut down indefinitely because asbestos-containing materials were found in the building’s heating and cooling system last week during an inspection, according to […]