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Asbestos Defined
A strong and incombustible fiber widely used in the past for fireproofing and insulation. The small, buoyant fibres are easily inhaled or swallowed, causing a number of serious diseases including: asbestosis, a chronic disease of the lungs that makes breathing more and more difficult; cancer; and mesothelioma, a cancer (specific to asbestos exposure) of the membranes that line the chest and abdomen.
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EPA complaint targets hospital redevelopment
Published November 21, 2008, 3:43 pm, Springfield News-Sun
An Ohio union has filed a complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the hospital redevelopment project.
Cooper Industries Reduces Q4 Earnings Guidance
Published November 21, 2008, 2:16 pm, Finanzen.net
Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE:CBE) today announced that it expects fourth quarter results to be below the previous guidance range of $0.83 ...
Cooper Industries Reduces Q4 Earnings Guidance
Published November 21, 2008, 2:03 pm, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
HOUSTON----Cooper Industries, Ltd. today announced that it expects fourth quarter results to be below the previous guidance range of $0.83 to $0.92 earnings per share, exclusive of restructuring charges.
Questions/Answers
Published November 21, 2008, 4:08 am, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you.
$101 million to fix school buildings
Published November 20, 2008, 11:03 am, The Daily World
KATHY QUIGG | THE DAILY WORLD Hoquiam Middle School. Hoquiam School Board members have sticker shock in the wake of a report saying their school buildings need more than $101 million in improvements.
NUM Says Dangerous Mines Expose Workers To Disease
Published November 20, 2008, 6:46 am, Resource Investor
The public face of South Africa’s mining sector is seen by labour unions and environmentalists as dirty and dangerous.
Another look at risks of tiny technology
Published November 20, 2008, 12:53 am, The News Journal
Advocacy group says nanosilver meets 'definition of a pesticide'
South Africa: NUM Says Dangerous Mines Expose Workers to Disease
Published November 20, 2008, 12:30 am, AllAfrica.com
THE public face of SA's mining sector is seen by labour unions and environmentalists as dirty and dangerous.
Exclusive: Suit says DHEC halted probe
Published November 19, 2008, 9:11 pm, The State
South Carolina’s environmental protection agency backed away from an investigation of hazardous waste dumping after receiving complaints from at least one state elected official about the probe, a federal lawsuit says. In a suit filed Wednesday, former investigator Christopher D. Phillips said he was punished for trying to do his job at for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental ...
EU unveils strategy for safer ship dismantling
Published November 19, 2008, 6:23 pm, People's Daily
The European Commission on Wednesday presented a strategy to make the dismantling of old ships safer for workers and the environment. The proposed European Union (EU) strategy includes actions to help implement key elements of an international convention on safe ship recycling, due to be concluded in May 2009. It also proposes measures to encourage voluntary action by the shipping industry and ...
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- Wife talks about husband getting mesothelioma: Edith Hernandez& #8217;s talks about how her husband coped while being treated for mesothelioma. He worked all his life in the army and died of mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos lined gloves and barracks where he was stationed in WW II. As he w...
- Freewinds closed due to asbestos!: The Scientology ship “Fre ewindsR 21; has been quarantined, due to asbestos being found on board. I call them to find out what they’ ;re telling people … Read more http://glossli p.com/2008/04/ 29/glosslip-ex clusive-scient ology-cruise.. .
- What should you do if diagnosed with asbestos-relat ed disease?
- Dr. Davis talks about asbestos: http://prevent ingcancernow.o rg Devra L. Davis, PhD, MPH Designated a National Book Award Finalist for When Smoke Ran Like Water (2002, Basic Books), Devra Davis is Director of the world̵ 7;s first Center for Environmental Oncology at the Universi...
- Wife talks about husband getting mesothelioma: Edith Hernandez& #8217;s talks about how her husband coped while being treated for mesothelioma. He worked all his life in the army and died of mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos lined gloves and barracks where he was stationed in WW II. As he w...
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- Freewinds closed due to asbestos!: The Scientology ship “Fre ewindsR 21; has been quarantined, due to asbestos being found on board. I call them to find out what they’ ;re telling people … Read more http://glossli p.com/2008/04/ 29/glosslip-ex clusive-scient ology-cruise.. .
- Mesothelioma Personal Injury Attorney personalinjury fyi.com: http://www.law yershop.com If you have developed asbestosis, mesothelioma, or asbestos exposure-relat ed lung cancer, you may be entitled to compensation, depending on how long ago you were exposed, where you were exposed, and where the companies you ...
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