Stricter asbestos rules in mines are on waiting list 8:41 PM, Apr 04 2007

By David Shaffer, Star Tribune

Last update: March 30, 2007 – 10:26 PM

At one Minnesota mining operation, federal regulators repeatedly found asbestos in the air but lacked the power to do anything but offer suggestions.

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Conference: Asbestos Dangers Often Ignored 8:36 PM, Apr 04 2007
By: Jenny DeHuff, The Bulletin
04/02/2007

Philadelphia - Just like in a grainy 1940s film, the factory worker breathes in the asbestos-laden dust, while the corporate executive sits comfortably in his plush office, overseeing from 12 stories up. This is one example of the type of scenarios discussed at Saturday's third annual Asbestos Awareness Day conference at the Drexel University College of Medicine Saturday.
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Cancer drug block blow 8:34 PM, Apr 04 2007

A GROUP offering support to sufferers of asbestos exposure in York has condemned a decision to block the NHS dispensing a drug to treat the condition.

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Asbestos Disease Projections Too Low 8:33 PM, Apr 04 2007
Science Daily — Current predictions of the future incidence of asbestos-related disease have been substantially underestimated, according to new modelling to be presented in Melbourne today by an epidemiologist from The Australian National University. Read More
Dying police worker gets payout 8:31 PM, Apr 04 2007

A police community support officer who is dying after being exposed to asbestos as a child has won a six-figure compensation pay-out.

Cheryl Marsh, 49, from Brighton, was diagnosed with the fatal lung disease mesothelioma in 2004.

Now council bosses have agreed to pay her more than £100,000 after she contracted the disease because of the conditions in the local authority block where she grew up.

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