Asbestos a growing worry in renovation boom (Otago Daily Times)
As the ageing housing stock heads towards a wave of renovation and demolition work, there's concern that even those in the building trade do not know how to recognise asbestos.
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Why are our schools full of deadly asbestos and why isn't anything being done about it? (Daily Mail)
Don't tell anyone, but we have a problem. Most of the 24,000 schools in this country have significant amounts of asbestos.
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Man died from asbestos exposure (Gazette)
A MAN died from a lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure when he worked for a power company, an inquest has been told.
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New Clinical Trial For Patients With Asbestos-Associated Lung Cancer (Medical News Today)
The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.
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BBC pay out in asbestos case (Harrow Times)
A KINGSBURY woman has angrily attacked the BBC after it gave her £55,000 at the end of a hearing into her father's death. Derek Leach, a BBC technician for 30 years, died in January 2006 from mesothelioma, an incurable cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
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The Mesothelioma Victims Center Offers Victims Of Asbestos Related Cancer & Their Loved Ones The Most Comprehensive ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Americas Watchdog created the Mesothelioma Center as a way for victims, or the family members & loved ones of Mesothelioma victims to get help,very honest advice & tailor made assistance at no cost to the victim, or their family members.
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Heacham: Power station worker exposed to asbestos (Lynn News)
A HEACHAM man who died of mesothelioma was exposed to asbestos while working at a power station in Hertfordshire, a Lynn inquest was told on Friday. (01/07/2008)
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New clinical trial for patients with asbestos-associated lung cancer (EurekAlert!)
NEW YORK (June 26, 2008) - The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that is almost always caused by previous exposure to ...
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Cancer researcher's interests coalesce in kitchen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
An espresso maker sputters fragrant liquid into delicate china cups while Italian music plays from the speakers behind Dr. Michele Carbone's desk in the biomedical research building of the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
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UNISON Wins Compensation For Asbestos Victim Family (Medical News Today)
The family of a former UNISON member has received more than £140,000 in compensation following his death from mesothelioma - a lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos in the workplace. Jim Crowe, from Wood Green in London, died aged 79, in June 2007 after developing the deadly disease.
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