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    Asbestos Exposure & Bans

    Toxic Black-Market Cigarettes Fuel Mesothelioma Concerns

    The Australian government’s plan to see around 300,000 people quit smoking by 2020 has backfired. A tobacco tax hike of a 12.5 percent over…
    Lorraine Kember
    01/22/2018
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    Canada Introduces New Asbestos Regulations

    Two Canadian government agencies are sponsoring legislation that will prohibit the import, use and sale of asbestos and products containing the cancer-causing mineral.
    Matt Mauney
    01/16/2018
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    Asbestos Exposure & Bans

    Audit Reveals Most Australian Schools Contain Asbestos

    For millions of Australian parents, the biggest concern when sending their children off to school is what to pack in their lunchbox. This is…
    Lorraine Kember
    01/08/2018
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    Colgate-Palmolive Settles Claim Over Asbestos in Talc

    Consumer products giant Colgate-Palmolive once again is paying for the alleged link between the company’s Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder and deadly asbestos exposure.
    Matt Mauney
    12/06/2017
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    Brazil’s Asbestos Ban Will Impact US Imports

    In a landmark decision, Brazil severed ties with asbestos. The world’s third-largest producer of chrysotile asbestos, also known as white asbestos, ruled last…
    Matt Mauney
    12/04/2017
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    Legislation & Litigation

    Johnson & Johnson Facing Asbestos Talcum Powder Lawsuits

    Recently unsealed documents from a lawsuit against consumer goods and pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson revealed the company knew for decades its talc products…
    Matt Mauney
    10/03/2017
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    Converting 30 Million Tons of Asbestos into Usable Chemicals

    New details have emerged of a plan to remove 30 million tons of asbestos waste from the inactive 1,550-acre Eden-Lowell mine in Vermont.
    Matt Mauney
    09/21/2017
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    Research & Clinical Trials

    Shorter Mesothelioma Survival Linked to High Platelet Count

    A disorder that forces the body to overproduce platelets is now linked to worsening the prognosis of peritoneal mesothelioma patients, according to researchers…
    Matt Mauney
    04/03/2017
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    Pearl Harbor: 75th Anniversary & Future Asbestos Dangers for Veterans

    Seventy-five years later, Dec. 7, 1941, still lives in infamy. Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The surprise Japanese…
    Matt Mauney
    12/06/2016
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    Asbestos Mining Town in Canada Searches for New Identity

    Asbestos wasn’t always an ugly word. Once hailed as a miracle fiber in manufacturing and construction, it is now scorned for its toxicity and…
    Matt Mauney
    11/07/2016
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