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Call to arms on asbestos (The Mercury)
TASMANIA'S unions are ramping up their campaign to reduce the number of asbestos-related deaths in the state.
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Asbestos: The lies that killed (The New Statesman)
Asbestos, now banned in the EU, kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK alone. In this exclusive report, Ed Howker reveals how the industry hid the truth for decades and why the death toll will certainly continue to rise.
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LegalView Reports Results of a Breakthrough Study Investigating Link Between Genetic Predisposition and Developing ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
LegalView informed readers to the results of a scientific investigation studying the potential link between genetic components and developing mesothelioma cancer. Scientists determined that genetic responses occurred after a specific type of asbestos was introduced to cells within the lining of the lungs.
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MP’s family criticises delay in compensation for asbestos-linked illnesses (The Herald)
The compensation delays for people facing painful deaths from asbestos-linked diseases have been strongly criticised by those close to John MacDougall, the Glenrothes MP who died while suing the government over his illness.
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In this section (St Albans Observer)
A POPULAR man died after contracting a disease caused by exposure to asbestos.
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Living in the danger zone: the last stand in town toxic (Independent)
The sun is going down over Wittenoom, turning the Hammersley Ranges, at the foot of which the town nestles, soft shades of ochre and green. A kangaroo hops along the cracked main street, dodging potholes where wildflowers and vegetation have sprouted.
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Report: Expect cancer epidemic (Daily Inter Lake)
“The extent of the epidemic of environmental mesothelioma due to exposures based at Libby will probably not peak for another 10 to 20 years,” according to the report.
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Site navigation (Reading Evening Post)
Work as a builder and a sheet metal worker in the 1950s was the likely cause of an asbestos-related cancer which killed a 68-year-old Newtown man.
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