According to a recent story from the Associated Press (AP), the city of Joplin, Mo. may still face some environmental hazards from the recent tornado that ripped through the area.
Damage from common disasters such as tornadoes, floods as well as hurricanes can go beyond what’s visible on the surface. It’s not uncommon for liquid fuels [...]
On the eve of Memorial Day weekend 2011, we’d similar to take a few moments to remember our veterans who possess passed, particularly in the service of our country.
Memorial Day was actually earliest enacted to honor fallen Union soldiers in the Civil War, as well as, after World War I, was extended to honor Americans [...]
Despite the heavy special-interest group support from the Canadian as well as Quebec governments, thus far the asbestos industry has not succeeded in its plan to re-open the Jeffrey underground mine in the town of Asbestos, Quebec as well as revive the town’s asbestos trade –mostly due to the difficulties of raising needed funds.
The Jeffery [...]
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has recently begun recruiting mesothelioma patients for a recent study that will explore how mesothelioma affects a patients’ emotional as well as material well-being. Researchers are as well as hoping that the study will give them the opportunity to learn more about what mesothelioma patients need as well as how [...]
The UCLA Mesothelioma Research Program is sponsoring the Earliest International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. This unique symposium will take place Saturday, May 21 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif.
The course will be led by Dr. Robert Cameron, M.D., FACS, Director of the Mesothelioma Research Program at the David Geffen [...]
Using a cue from Canada it seems, the government of Zimbabwe has begun work on a plan to revive two of the country’s asbestos mines. The Shabanie as well as Mashaba mines were recently handed over to the government after being under the administration of the Afaras Gwaradzimba since 2004.
Led by the Zimbabwe Mining Development [...]
Just yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a preliminary study of the now infamous town of Libby, Montana (and its neighboring town, Troy) stating that while considerable progress has been made in the town’s cleanup, there are still health risks in some areas. So far, the town’s asbestos cleanup has cost upwards of $370 [...]
Workers’ Memorial Day is an internationally recognized day of remembrance for workers who possess been killed on-the-job or by horrible diseases caused by their jobs, such as mesothelioma. It has been celebrated on April 28 since 1989. April 28 as well as happens to be the anniversary of the creation of the Occupational Safety as [...]
Today marks the 39th national Earth Day. Earth was earliest celebrated in 1970, after noticeable signs of pollution as well as environmental neglected began to alarm the community. By then, pollution was beginning to show up in rivers as well as streams, as well as the oceans as well as the air. Not only did [...]
It just keeps getting more ridiculous in Canada. Our beloved friends to the North continue to insist that the mining as well as exportation of asbestos does not pose a threat to community health –in fact, one Quebec government official claimed that asbestos can help “save lives.”
Just final week, Economic Development Minister Clement Gignac, a [...]
