Thailand, India and China in Denial over Dangers of Asbestos
Worldwide, approximately 107,000 people die every year from asbestos-related diseases, including pleural mesothelioma, a painful cancer of the pleura – the lining of the lungs. Asbestos is also known...
View ArticleQuebec Government to Invest $58 Million to Re-Open Asbestos Mine
Much of the asbestos used in the American building products that have caused thousands of people to suffer with mesothelioma and asbestosis came from Canada. Over the years, many in Canada have been...
View ArticleAsbestos Found at Former Vermiculite Processing Site in Arkansas Concerns...
Mesothelioma is a fatal cancer with which 3,000 Americans are diagnosed every year. Mesothelioma is virtually always linked to a person’s exposure to asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral that has...
View ArticleCanada Reverses Course, Finally Admits Asbestos a Killer
Earlier this year, the Quebec government announced that it would loan $58 million to the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec to aid in the asbestos mine’s re-opening. The decision was controversial,...
View ArticleCanadian Asbestos Industry Got What it Paid for, Critics Charge
Asbestos mining was a thriving industry in Quebec, Canada for many years. The type of asbestos found in Quebec is chrysotile asbestos, a form of the mineral that is said by some to be not as dangerous...
View ArticleChrysotile Asbestos is Dangerous, Notwithstanding Chrysotile Asbestos...
Pleural mesothelioma is caused by all asbestos fiber types, according to the World Health Organization and almost every other scientific body or institution to study the issue. Except for chrysotile...
View ArticleChrysotile Asbestos Trade Group Condemned by Scientists and Health Care...
Much of the Navy asbestos exposure in the Vietnam War involved exposure to chrysotile asbestos gaskets and other chrysotile asbestos insulation products. Decades after the war, many Vietnam Vets have...
View ArticleAmericans Import Asbestos; Exposure to Asbestos Kills Americans
Um, everybody understands that exposure to asbestos causes mesothelioma and kills Americans, right? Well, then, could someone explain why the United States is still allowing the importation of asbestos...
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