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Asbestos Awareness Week

Asbestos Awareness Week

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The senate recently announced that the first week of April 2008, will be designated as “National Asbestos Awareness Week.”

This week has been set aside as a public health issue, in order to warn and educate people about the dangers of asbestos and risks that have been linked to this potentially fatal material. 

ADAO Holds Conference

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which is a nonprofit organization focused on helping asbestos victims and their families to have a voice, will be holding their fourth annual Asbestos Awareness Day Conference.

The conference has been set up to honor the week and what it stands for by better informing the people of America about asbestos and asbestos related illnesses. 

Linda Reinstein is the co-founder of the organization and recently lost her husband, Alan, to mesothelioma.

Alan Reinstein previously served as the president of the organization.

Conference Details

At the conference, Reinstein is going to be joined by world renowned experts on asbestos.
The conference is going to be held at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, and will take place at the beginning of Asbestos Awareness Week.

(Source: SunHerald)

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Asbestos Bill

Asbestos Bill

Throughout the past few years, increasing controversy and debate has surrounded an asbestos bill that would reform the current asbestos litigation system. Currently those who have suffered from mesothelioma or other serious conditions resulting from asbestos exposure can file an asbestos lawsuit to seek compensation for their losses.

Under the new asbestos bill, victims would no longer be eligible to file individual lawsuits. Instead, a $140 billion private trust fund, financed by insurance companies and defendants involved in asbestos litigation, would be created to compensate those who have suffered serious illnesses and conditions from asbestos exposure. The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act could prevent you and your loved ones from exercising your legal rights.

The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2006 (The "FAIR Act")

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Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer

Pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer are both serious illnesses, but they are not the same. Pleural mesothelioma – sometimes called “asbestos lung cancer” – is really not a form of lung cancer, but a cancer of the lining that surrounds the lung.

A main difference between lung cancer and mesothelioma is that lung cancer is in the tissue of the lung. By contrast, pleural mesothelioma occurs in the lining around the lung.

Smoking is often considered a primary cause of lung cancer, while asbestos exposure is considered a primary cause of mesothelioma. Asbestos exposure may also be associated with lung cancer. Smoking is not linked to mesothelioma, however. Those exposed to asbestos and who smoke are as much as 90 times more likely to be develop lung cancer than those who don’t smoke.

Posted by Aaron at 3/25/2008 11:37 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Asbestos Awareness Week

The senate recently announced that the first week of April 2008, will be designated as “National Asbestos Awareness Week.”

This week has been set aside as a public health issue, in order to warn and educate people about the dangers of asbestos and risks that have been linked to this potentially fatal material. 

ADAO Holds Conference

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which is a nonprofit organization focused on helping asbestos victims and their families to have a voice, will be holding their fourth annual Asbestos Awareness Day Conference.

The conference has been set up to honor the week and what it stands for by better informing the people of America about asbestos and asbestos related illnesses. 

Linda Reinstein is the co-founder of the organization and recently lost her husband, Alan, to mesothelioma.

Alan Reinstein previously served as the president of the organization.

Conference Details

At the conference, Reinstein is going to be joined by world renowned experts on asbestos. The conference is going to be held at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, and will take place at the beginning of Asbestos Awareness Week.

(Source: SunHerald)

Posted by Aaron at 3/25/2008 11:33 AM | Add Comment

Mouse Model For Mesothelioma Reproduces Human Disease

Scientists have established a mouse model for human malignant mesothelioma  that will provide valuable insight into cancer development and progression along with new directions for design of therapeutic strategies. The research, published by Cell Press in the March issue of Cancer Cell, may eventually lead to a substantially improved outlook for patients with this devastating disease.

The full story is posted here.

Posted by Aaron at 3/25/2008 11:04 AM | Add Comment

Disease likely to increase thanks to mass poisoning by W.R. Grace

Workers exposed to low levels of vermiculite from Libby, Montana more than two decades ago are at an increased risk for lung disease, according to research from the University of Cincinnati (UC).

An article in Science News Daily reported today that:

Workers with low-level exposures to Libby vermiculite ore may not have obvious health effects right away, but the past exposure is something of which their physicians should be aware. Once inhaled, these fibers are very persistent and stay in the lung for a long time. They lodge in the lung tissue and the tissue that lines the chest wall and cause inflammation, which can lead to chronic lung problems and diseases. Records show that until the Montana mine was closed in 1990, it provided up to 80 percent of the world’s vermiculite supply–which was widely used in both commercial and residential applications, including home insulation, packing materials, construction materials and gardening products. Vermiculite ore is now mined from other sources that reportedly do not contain similar asbestos-like mineral fibers.

The chest X-ray changes associated with the low cumulative fiber exposure are a public health concern. The Libby vermiculite ore was widely distributed across the United States for residential and commercial use, which means it could impact not only the workers who processed it but also consumers who used it for home insulation.

The full story is posted here.

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