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White House Criticized about Workplace Policies of Toxins Like Asbestos

White House Criticized about Workplace Policies of Toxins Like Asbestos

February 3rd, 2012   |   By: Mark Hall   |   Comments

Workplace health and safety advocates are criticizing the White House for delaying a regulation that provides a safer work environment for industrial workers, citing that approximately 60 lives could have been saved during the time that the policy was being held up.

The debate is centered around

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Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma Center Week In Review: A Look To the Future, A Glance At the Past for Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma Center Week In Review: A Look To the Future, A Glance At the Past for Mesothelioma

January 13th, 2012   |   By: Tim Povtak   |   Comments

It was a week to remember the past, but also a week to look toward the future at the Mesothelioma Center and Asbestos.com. While the Mesothelioma...

ADAO Will Honor Mesothelioma Victim Steve McQueen at 8th Annual Convention

January 12th, 2012   |   By: Tim Povtak   |   Comments

Asbestos Week in Review: Schools, Bankruptcy, Verdicts, Aggressive Surgeries and Presidential Campaigns

January 6th, 2012   |   By: Tim Povtak   |   Comments

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Treatment
Congressman Promotes Legislation To Speed Up Drug Development for Diseases Like Mesothelioma

Congressman Promotes Legislation To Speed Up Drug Development for Diseases Like Mesothelioma

January 27th, 2012   |   By: Mark Hall   |   Comments

Congressman Leonard Lance stood proudly alongside cancer survivors and patients of rare diseases on Thursday as he promoted a new piece of legislation designed to...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Donates $6.9 Million for Patients of Cancers Like Mesothelioma

January 23rd, 2012   |   By: Mark Hall   |   Comments

Researchers Investigate How Gene Mutations Relate To Lung Cancer of Nonsmokers

January 18th, 2012   |   By: Mark Hall   |   Comments

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Legal
Trial Starts for Men Accused of Illegally Removing Asbestos from Salvage Site

Trial Starts for Men Accused of Illegally Removing Asbestos from Salvage Site

January 13th, 2012   |   By: Mark Hall   |   Comments

The trial of three men accused of illegally removing asbestos from a salvage site has finally begun, six years since officials say the incident occurred. An...

EPA, Federal Courts Continue Crackdown on Violations of Asbestos Regulations

January 10th, 2012   |   By: Tim Povtak   |   Comments

Mississippi Judge Throws Out Record $322 Million Lawsuit Verdict

January 5th, 2012   |   By: Alan Schmadtke   |   Comments

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Asbestos Exposure
Asbestos Imports Have Started to Rise Again, Fueled by Manufacturers’ Demands

Asbestos Imports Have Started to Rise Again, Fueled by Manufacturers’ Demands

January 26th, 2012   |   By: Tim Povtak   |   Comments

After several years of decline, the importing of asbestos into the United States is back on the rise, infuriating advocates like Linda Reinstein of...

Report: Almost Half of All Cancers Caused by Lifestyle Choices

January 25th, 2012   |   By: Mark Hall   |   Comments

Asbestos a Risk Factor In Small-Cell Lung Cancer that Killed Ex-Penn State Coach Joe Paterno

January 24th, 2012   |   By: Tim Povtak   |   Comments

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