Knee Deep in Asbestos

When I was 17 old I started working at an asbestos mine in the Yukon. I had the excitement of youth and looked on the thing as a big adventure.The mine was located about 7 miles from the Alaska border on the banks of the Forty Mile River, which emptied... Read More

Does It Pay to Get a Mesothelioma Attorney?

Mesothelioma is a serious form of rare cancer. There is no known cure for mesothelioma cancer. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer you will no doubt have many questions and concerns and may have wondered if you need a mesothelioma attorney.Although the number of... Read More

Asbestos Killed My Husband

He was only a child when it begun -and he played as children do- in his yard with his toy cars and tip trucks But his sand was asbestos blue?In December 1999, my husband and I were walking home from a game of lawn bowls when I became aware of... Read More

Mesothelioma Cancer

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer involving mesothelial tissues of body organs usually lungs or abdominal. It is often caused by exposure to asbestos. However, there are 30-50% of patients without any history of asbestos exposure. People who have received asbestos exposure of as little as one or two months... Read More

Who is at Increased Risk For Developing Mesothelioma?

Since the late 1800's Asbestos has been mined and used commercially. The use of Asbestos dramatically increased during World War II and since the early 1940's millions of Americans have been exposed to asbestos dust working within industries where initally the risks were not known. There has been widespread exposure... Read More

How Is Mesothelioma Treated?

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. However, they may have been been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways. This could include working with asbestos or by home renovation using asbestos cement products or even by washing the clothes of... Read More

Mesothelioma - The Largest Man Made Epidemic

It is documented that Australia had the highest per capita use of asbestos in the world from the 1950's until the 1970's. As a tragic consequence, Australia now has the highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma in the world. With more than 500 Australians contracting mesothelioma per year, it is... Read More

Mesothelioma Book - Review

"Lean on Me" Cancer through a carer's eyes Lorraine Kember (2003) 130pp.ISBN 0 646 49969 6As Janet Craven, palliative care nurse, and Andrew Dean, palliative care physician note in their respective forwards to this book, Lean on Me is a unique and intensely personal description of a writer's responses to... Read More

What Is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma the medical name for cancer of the pleura (the lining of the lung and chest cavity) or cancer of the peritoneum (the lining of the abdomen). It is usually caused by prolonged or persistent exposure to asbestos.Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until between twenty and fifty years after... Read More

Beryllium The New Asbestos?

It was American workers on the world's first atomic bomb who became the first industrial victims of beryllium, a rare but especially light, stable and strong metal whose toxic dust can kill those who breathe it.Now Seafarers doing ship maintenance and have used Jasons De-rusting and de-scaling guns (also known... Read More

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Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center

Hundreds of companies named in separate asbestos mesothelioma lawsuits
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
Mesothelioma is the rarest and most aggressive asbestos-related disease. The internal linings of the lung, heart and abdominal cavities are most often ...


Asbestos flooding BC with a 'steady stream of death'
Vancouver Sun
Dirk Jansema has mesothelioma, a terminal disease caused by his exposure to asbestos in the workplace ...

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Asbestos: The silent killer
Nigerian Compass
... cancers (of the lung, larynx, ovary, or other internal organs) and mesothelioma (tumour of the chest or abdominal lining). Asbestos related diseases are ...


A flood of asbestos: How much should residents worry?
Seattle Times
Inhaling too many of the wrong kind and size of these fibers over long periods can lead to lung-scarring asbestosis, lung cancer and fatal mesothelioma, ...

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Mesothelioma Alert: Investigation Slams Asbestos Industry in Canada
Justice News Flash
... asbestos, increasing the risk that workers and others exposed to the material may develop asbestos-related diseases like lung cancer and mesothelioma, ...
Mesothelioma.com News | State grant to fund asbestos removal at Youngstown ...Mesothelioma.com
Mesothelioma CancerYour Mesothelioma Web
All Forms of Asbestos Shown to Cause MesotheliomaMesotheliomaHelp.net (blog)
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
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TopNews United Kingdom (blog)

AN inspirational city doctor died after being exposed to asbestos in "grim old ...
Express & Echo
Just two weeks before he died from the lung cancer mesothelioma, 58-year-old Dr Sweeney wrote to his lawyers to say he had been exposed to the disease in ...
30 years on professor fell victim to a deadly legacy of grim Scots hospitalsScotsman

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A teacher with cancer makes splash for cash
WalesOnline
But the following month she developed a bad cough, and in March this year discovered she has mesothelioma cancer, a form of lung cancer caused from asbestos ...


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Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer News: August, 2010
Asbestos.Net News
A recent survey released by the British Lung Foundation found that a significant number of British homeowners were not aware of the extent that asbestos ...
GM's Bankruptcy Estate May Face Billions in Mesothelioma ClaimsMesothelioma Cancer News (press release)
You are here:Borri Law Mesothelioma News
New York Attorney Calls for International Ban on Mesothelioma-Causing AsbestosMesotheliomaHelp.net (blog)
Your Mesothelioma Web
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Mesothelioma Cancer Case Yields Over $4 Million So Far
Your Mesothelioma Web
... asbestos dusts on scrap materials demolished and processed at the plant would cause him to develop mesothelioma cancer, a life-threatening form of lung ...
Mesothelin Finding Could Lead to Early Detection of MesotheliomaMesotheliomaHelp.net (blog)

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Asbestos warning for DIY in the home
lets-do-diy Ltd
As part of Action Mesothelioma Day 2010, the British Lung Foundation has pointed out that 47 per cent of DIYers do not realise that homes built as early as ...
DIY asbestos warning for home ownersThe Bolton News

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