February 27, 2015 – The National Demolition and Recycling Company of Hamilton Township, New Jersey recently withdrew their bid to demolish 531 buildings in Camden amid concerns regarding asbestos removal, disposal, and liability. According to a recent article published in the Courier Post, the contractor claims that the city of Camden did not properly assess […]
An emergency asbestos clean-up has been ordered at Paulsboro High School in Gloucester County, New Jersey. A hot water pipe broke in the school’s computer network room, flooding the floor and filling the room with steam. The fifty year old asbestos floor tiles in the computer room began popping up, creating a potential health risk. […]
February 23, 2015 – The Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umea University in Sweden conducted a research study focused on male Swedish construction workers who participated in health examinations between 1971 and 1993. The study revealed there were 419 cases of mesothelioma among construction workers in Sweden between 1972 and 2009. The […]
February 16, 2015 – According to new national data acquired by The Globe and Mail show, asbestos exposure was the single most cause of workplace deaths in Canada last year topping other chemical exposures, fire fatalities and deaths caused by highway accidents. The data stated that in 1996 there were nearly 5, 000 death claims […]
February 10, 2015 – Doctors and researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will present the results of their investigational T-Cell Therapy (CTL019) trial for the treatment of recurring pediatric and adult B-Cell Cancers at the 56th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida in December, 2015. […]
Nine year old Emily Whitehead is living proof that cancer research can save lives. Emily was just five years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL.) Although ALL is commonly regarded as a highly curable form of cancer, Emily suffered a series of setbacks and relapses which dropped her chances of survival […]
January 26, 2015 – Receiving a cancer diagnosis is frightening and overwhelming, especially when one is diagnosed with an aggressive and serious type of cancer such as mesothelioma. It is vital to get the right kind of treatment and care while fighting this disease in order to have the best outcome possible. Although a primary […]
January 19, 2015 – In a recent study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a group of researchers from Ohio’s Case Western Reserve University and the German Georg Spayer Haus found that Curcumin, a commonly used spice in Asia, helps to slow down the progression of mesothelioma when combined with amino acids. The study brings new […]
January 12, 2015 – In a new study conducted by the University of Minnesota, Taconite miners in the Iron Range area of Minnesota were found to be three times more likely to contract mesothelioma than those who did not work in the iron mining industry. One thousand three hundred and twenty-two miners and 496 spouses […]
January 5, 2015 – In a recent study published in Carcinogenesis, researchers have concluded that the BAP1 gene mutation found in patients with mesothelioma may prove to prolong the survival rates of those with the terminal illness. The study included the analysis of 37 years of data from over 10,000 mesothelioma patients in the US […]
