Asbestos
Articles on Asbestos
Mesothelioma Asbestosis
Mesothelioma and Asbestosis are two totally different conditions arising due to the same cause (asbestos exposure) and should not be confused. Mesothelioma is the deadliest type of cancer known, whereas asbestosis is a non-cancerous, chronic lung ailment.
Popcorn Ceiling Asbestos
Popcorn ceilings were very popular from the late 50s to early 80s and almost always contained asbestos. Removing a popcorn ceiling built during these years should be done professionally since the risk of asbestos exposure is high.
Asbestos Floor Tiles
Almost all floor tiles manufactured in the past few decades until the mid 80's contained asbestos. Present in many homes constructed during this period, they can cause asbestos exposure only if the asbestos fibers are allowed to disintegrate and spread in the air.
Asbestos Health Effects
Diseases related to asbestos exposure are noticed 15 to 40 years after exposure. Prolonged asbestos exposure can have a lot of damaging health effects which in certain cases prove fatal.
Think Asbestos is An Issue of the Past: Think Again
While restrictions against the use of asbestos have reduced the amount in new homes and building, there are still many lingering affects from past mistakes.
Types of Asbestos Lung Cancer
Lung cancer of asbestos workers has increased greatly over the years. This is obviously due to the fact that the workers are exposed to the asbestos and breathe it in on a daily basis. This lung cancer (mesothelioma) is even more significant among the asbestos workers who smoke cigarettes.
Mesothelioma Cancer Treatment - Asbestos Kills
The number of cases of mesothelioma cancer being diagnosed is on the increase. This asbestos killer is currently treated by conventional cancer therapies. There are, however, several experimental asbestos cancer treatments on the horizon that offer new hope to victims.
Asbestos the Silent Killer
An article about the history of asbestos and the potential future problems asbestos may cause. People fear that asbestos could cause an epidemic if it is not removed from places of business and homes quickly and appropriately.
Asbestos In Your Home – Don’t Give Your Kids Cancer
Many homes still have asbestos products in them, these range from heaters and fire places to roof tiles. Children play with Asbestos on a daily basis and are exposing themselves to a highly dangerous product that will almost certainly cause cancer and death later in life, if the exposure is high enough. It is reported that children are prone to cancer after asbestos exposure.
Is Asbestos killing your family?
Mesothelioma is one of the worst diseases known to man, the average life expectancy is less than two years once the disease is diagnosed. Thousands of people every year are diagnosed with Mesothelioma.
Just How Dangerous is Asbestos?
Health Effects of Exposure to Asbestos…
The Asbestos Disaster - Who Is To Blame
Many people are finding that they have contracted diseases related to exposure to asbestos. They, and their lawyers are quick to blame asbestos companies, but it isn't always that simple. In many cases the sufferer is as much to blame.
Japan's Asbestos Time Bomb
The failure of the world's second-largest economy to heed the health warnings over asbestos amounts to a national disgrace, writes Justin McCurry.
The Risks of a Killing
Compensation culture is a myth - ask the thousands who will die this year from asbestos.
Dusty Death: How Asbestos Hit Australia
Post-war housing boom planted seeds of deadly illnesses. Travellers know they are approaching Wittenoom from the health warnings posted every few miles along the roadside.
The Death Dividend
Figures last month from the health and safety executive reveal a shocking and rising tide of mesothelioma - a lung cancer caused exclusively by inhaling asbestos.
Asbestos claim disrupts RSA plan for £1bn cash call
Royal & SunAlliance's plans for a £1bn cash call on its investors suffered a setback yesterday after it emerged the insurer was facing a new asbestos liability claim.
RSA sued over asbestos claims
Royal & SunAlliance, the embattled insurer, today said it was being sued over asbestos claims that could lead to payments and bigger liabilities.
Costs spiral at Brussels HQ
The European commission headquarters in Brussels, a hulking asbestos-ridden structure which has been under extensive renovation for a decade, is well on its way to becoming one of the most expensive buildings in the world, it was claimed yesterday. In a damning report, two Belgian...
South African asbestos victims win £21m
Thousands of South Africans who battled for four years to get compensation for asbestos-related diseases will share £21m after the British parent of the firm that exposed them to dust levels up to 30 times the UK maximum agreed an out-of-court settlement yesterday.
While restrictions against the use of asbestos have reduced the amount in new homes and building, there are still many lingering affects from past mistakes.
Types of Asbestos Lung Cancer
Lung cancer of asbestos workers has increased greatly over the years. This is obviously due to the fact that the workers are exposed to the asbestos and breathe it in on a daily basis. This lung cancer (mesothelioma) is even more significant among the asbestos workers who smoke cigarettes.
Mesothelioma Cancer Treatment - Asbestos Kills
The number of cases of mesothelioma cancer being diagnosed is on the increase. This asbestos killer is currently treated by conventional cancer therapies. There are, however, several experimental asbestos cancer treatments on the horizon that offer new hope to victims.
Asbestos the Silent Killer
An article about the history of asbestos and the potential future problems asbestos may cause. People fear that asbestos could cause an epidemic if it is not removed from places of business and homes quickly and appropriately.
Asbestos In Your Home – Don’t Give Your Kids Cancer
Many homes still have asbestos products in them, these range from heaters and fire places to roof tiles. Children play with Asbestos on a daily basis and are exposing themselves to a highly dangerous product that will almost certainly cause cancer and death later in life, if the exposure is high enough. It is reported that children are prone to cancer after asbestos exposure.
Is Asbestos killing your family?
Mesothelioma is one of the worst diseases known to man, the average life expectancy is less than two years once the disease is diagnosed. Thousands of people every year are diagnosed with Mesothelioma.
Just How Dangerous is Asbestos?
Health Effects of Exposure to Asbestos…
The Asbestos Disaster - Who Is To Blame
Many people are finding that they have contracted diseases related to exposure to asbestos. They, and their lawyers are quick to blame asbestos companies, but it isn't always that simple. In many cases the sufferer is as much to blame.
Japan's Asbestos Time Bomb
The failure of the world's second-largest economy to heed the health warnings over asbestos amounts to a national disgrace, writes Justin McCurry.
The Risks of a Killing
Compensation culture is a myth - ask the thousands who will die this year from asbestos.
Dusty Death: How Asbestos Hit Australia
Post-war housing boom planted seeds of deadly illnesses. Travellers know they are approaching Wittenoom from the health warnings posted every few miles along the roadside.
The Death Dividend
Figures last month from the health and safety executive reveal a shocking and rising tide of mesothelioma - a lung cancer caused exclusively by inhaling asbestos.
Asbestos claim disrupts RSA plan for £1bn cash call
Royal & SunAlliance's plans for a £1bn cash call on its investors suffered a setback yesterday after it emerged the insurer was facing a new asbestos liability claim.
RSA sued over asbestos claims
Royal & SunAlliance, the embattled insurer, today said it was being sued over asbestos claims that could lead to payments and bigger liabilities.
Costs spiral at Brussels HQ
The European commission headquarters in Brussels, a hulking asbestos-ridden structure which has been under extensive renovation for a decade, is well on its way to becoming one of the most expensive buildings in the world, it was claimed yesterday. In a damning report, two Belgian...
South African asbestos victims win £21m
Thousands of South Africans who battled for four years to get compensation for asbestos-related diseases will share £21m after the British parent of the firm that exposed them to dust levels up to 30 times the UK maximum agreed an out-of-court settlement yesterday.