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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:27:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/week-in-review-at-mesothelioma-center-asbestos-activists-working-libby-victims-getting-help/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/week-in-review-at-mesothelioma-center-asbestos-activists-working-libby-victims-getting-help/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:27:46 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5651 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/week-in-review-at-mesothelioma-center-asbestos-activists-working-libby-victims-getting-help/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/white-house-asbestos-policies/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/white-house-asbestos-policies/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:45 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5618 asbestos, citing that approximately 60 lives could have been saved during the time that the policy was being held up. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/white-house-asbestos-policies/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/02/asbestos-in-schools-a-national-scandal-in-united-kingdom/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/02/asbestos-in-schools-a-national-scandal-in-united-kingdom/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:17:10 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5607 Asbestos contamination in schools throughout the United Kingdom has become "a national scandal,'' according to one Member of Parliament who has asked for swift action to correct the growing health concern.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/02/asbestos-in-schools-a-national-scandal-in-united-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/01/vermont-residents-debate-asbestos-mine-superfund/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/01/vermont-residents-debate-asbestos-mine-superfund/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:37:07 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5584 Asbestos mine should become a Superfund site. If the mine is cleaned up through the EPA program, a biomass electric generation plant will be added in its place. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/01/vermont-residents-debate-asbestos-mine-superfund/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/31/asbestos-victims-in-libby-finally-seeing-settlement-with-montana/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/31/asbestos-victims-in-libby-finally-seeing-settlement-with-montana/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:53:11 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5573 those who were exposed to asbestos in Libby have begun seeing their portion of the settlement.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/31/asbestos-victims-in-libby-finally-seeing-settlement-with-montana/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/30/appeal-begins-involving-15-2-million-award-for-worker-exposed-to-asbestos-in-oil-drilling-mud/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/30/appeal-begins-involving-15-2-million-award-for-worker-exposed-to-asbestos-in-oil-drilling-mud/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:33:59 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5563 exposed to asbestos by the additive he was mixing with oil-drilling mud. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/30/appeal-begins-involving-15-2-million-award-for-worker-exposed-to-asbestos-in-oil-drilling-mud/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/27/week-in-review-at-the-mesothelioma-center-some-alarming-asbestos-news/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/27/week-in-review-at-the-mesothelioma-center-some-alarming-asbestos-news/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:01:58 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5550 Mesothelioma Center included helpful proposed legislation, an alarming report about asbestos imports, the small-cell lung cancer that killed the legendary coach and a good-looking donation by a drug company.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/27/week-in-review-at-the-mesothelioma-center-some-alarming-asbestos-news/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/27/congressman-promotes-legislation-to-speed-up-drug-development-for-diseases-like-mesothelioma/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/27/congressman-promotes-legislation-to-speed-up-drug-development-for-diseases-like-mesothelioma/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:11:59 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5514 mesothelioma/ to patients. The bill is in front of the Health Subcommittee.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/27/congressman-promotes-legislation-to-speed-up-drug-development-for-diseases-like-mesothelioma/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/26/asbestos-imports-have-started-to-rise-again-fueled-by-manufacturers-demands/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/26/asbestos-imports-have-started-to-rise-again-fueled-by-manufacturers-demands/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:28 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5504 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/26/asbestos-imports-have-started-to-rise-again-fueled-by-manufacturers-demands/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/25/report-half-of-all-cancers-are-caused-by-lifestyle-choices/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/25/report-half-of-all-cancers-are-caused-by-lifestyle-choices/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:08 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5480 cancers.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/01/25/report-half-of-all-cancers-are-caused-by-lifestyle-choices/feed/ 0