A federal grand jury in Chattanooga indicted two Tennessee demolition as well as salvage companies as well as three of their owners as well as supervisors for the illegal demolition of the former Standard Coosa Thatcher plant. The plant had been contaminated with asbestos that was either not removed prior to demolition or removed in [...]
Delbert Edwin Montoure was diagnosed with mesothelioma seven years ago. He died of complications from the asbestos-related cancer on August 8, 2009. Montoure served with the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II. His soldierlike decorations included the Pleasant Conduct Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal as [...]
Karen Huffman’s husband Danny was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2006, a rare form of cancer that is caused by asbestos exposure. He died four months later on July 31. Because her husband loved running as well as walking so much, Karen made a $3,000 memorial contribution for a recent walking trail at the Kiwanis-Jaycees [...]
Warnex Health examination Laboratories has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Rosetta Genomics in Canada. Under this agreement, Warnex will be distributing Rosetta Gemonics’ miRview meso as well as two other pharmacogenetic tests in Canada. Rosetta Genomics has already signed similar agreements with Prometheus Laboratories in the United States as well as Teva Pharmaceuticals in [...]
The Tuscarora School District in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania is wrapping up its summer renovation projects. Asbestos was removed from St. Thomas Elementary School as well as from the high school. Prior to the 1980s, many schools as well as other community buildings were constructed with materials that contained the toxic substance asbestos, a known carcinogen that [...]
After the owners of the Citadel Plaza site ignored a citation from the City of Kansas City, Missouri concerning violations of the City’s Nuisance Code pertaining to weeds, the city stepped in to take care of mowing the commercial development site itself.
On July 24, Community Development Corporation of Kansas City as well as the other [...]
Albert Abshire – a former employee of DuPont De Nemours in Jefferson County, Texas – died of mesothelioma as well as asbestosis on December 23, 2008. His widow as well as his son, Margaret Abshire as well as Richard Abshire, filed a lawsuit on July 31 against DuPont for allowing its employees to work around [...]
Two staffing agencies – Cumberland Environmental Resources Co. of Nashville, Tennessee as well as Accent Personnel Services of Baton Rouge, Louisiana – possess been charged with abusing H-2B guest workers as well as discriminating against U.S. citizens. The alleged abuses including charging thousands of dollars in recruitment fees to immigrants from Peru as well as [...]
Cancer researcher as well as health examination oncologist Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD joined the US Oncology Research network. He will be treating patients at the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, serving as Chair as well as Health examination Director of the Developmental Therapeutics Committee as well as serving as well as as the Co-Chair of [...]
Here are some of the latest health as well as health examination news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
FDA Approves Drug for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The chemotherapy drug Alimta can be used as a maintenance treatment for advanced cases of non-small cell lung cancer, the U.S. Food as well as Drug Administration said Monday. [...]
