April 18, 2011
The Woodlands, Texas (WiredPRNews.com) - Lung Cancer Answers released a handy chart summarizing risk of lung cancer due to more than one cause. The chart is shown on the webpage http://www.lung-cancer.com/risk.html.
Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but it is not the only cause. Every year thousands of Americans with no history […]
December 21, 2010
Pittsburgh, PA - (WiredPRNews.com) A 12-month Pittsburgh Post Gazette review and analysis of the state’s Department of Health (PA DOH) mortality statistics has shown that 14,636 more individuals died from lung cancer, heart disease and respiratory disease (during the period 2000 to 2008) than national mortality rates for said diseases suggest is normal, or average. […]
October 20, 2010
The “Happy Days” star died Tuesday.
September 7, 2010
Quincy Massachusetts, (Mesothelioma News) The cost of a demolition project in Quincy, Mass.-part of a multimillion-dollar plan to construct a new concourse road through the city’s downtown-will more than double after greater-than-expected amounts of asbestos were found on the site.
While Quincy will delay the project until all of the cancer-causing material is safely removed, mesothelioma […]
September 6, 2010
Cammie King Conlon has passed away at age 76.
August 4, 2010
Marco Island won’t be penalized, but contractor will pay $81,000 fine.
July 20, 2010
Prosecutors say teenagers were ordered to remove cancer-causing material during job-training program.
July 16, 2010
07/13/2010
Jefferson County, Oregon, Mesothelioma News - School District Fine Underscores Dangers- and Difficulties of – Asbestos Removal
When Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) slapped a local school district with $33,000 in penalties, it seemed, at first glance, to be a sizable—if not earth-shattering—fine for shoddy renovation work.
But the work involved asbestos removal at an […]
May 30, 2010
In what judge calls a ‘message’ to those tempted to take illegal shortcuts when handling asbestos, Michigan man will serve 13 months.
May 12, 2010
Florida (Mesothelioma News) - Residents of Marco Island in southwest Florida are demanding answers after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency advised the city that it had violated six asbestos-related regulations while rebuilding a local roadway in 2006-potentially jeopardizing the health of residents and workers.
Asbestos-long linked to deadly medical conditions including lung cancer and mesothelioma, an […]
