Tag Archives: Australia
News About Pharmaceuticals in Mesothelioma Treatment
1. New Biomarkers May Speed Diagnosis of Mesothelioma 2. Lowered Cost of DNA Sequencing Improving Specificity of Cancer Treatment 3. Scientists Find Cell Process That Causes Mesothelioma 4. Immune Response Inhibitor Identified in Cancer Retroviruses 5. MRIs Effective in Identifying Malignant Testicular Cancer Growths 6. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Announces New Mesothelioma Guidelines 7. New [...]
Asbestos Issues Plague Western Australia
A staffer at an Alcoa plant in Western Australia said that management at the factory should have recognized that valves at the facility were laced with asbestos but overlooked the problem. The factory is located in Pinjarra, about fifty miles south of Perth, the state capital. The worker, who wished to stay nameless, released an [...]
New Mesothelioma Research Center to Open in Sydney
Sydney, Australia – Perhaps a silver lining is to be found in the 12 year struggle between James Hardie and former employees suffering from asbestos related ailments. When a landmark deal was approved earlier this year to create a trust to compensate victims a small clause was included that some of the money would go [...]
New Zealand to Demolish Asbestos-Laden Homes
Government officials in New Zealand have ordered the demolition of more than a hundred abandoned homes laden with asbestos. The homes were constructed in the mid-1900s on the South Pacific island of Niue, which is an “associated state” under the control of New Zealand. Environmental agencies in Wellington, along with the Niue Health Ministry, have [...]
New Treatments for Mesothelioma Show Promise
Two new protocols, involving two separate types of mesothelioma, offer better hope for survival for patients of this dread form of cancer. Mesothelioma, a cancer of mesothelial tissues, occurs most commonly as (malignant) pleural mesothelioma, in the lungs – in about 75 percent of cases – followed by peritoneal mesothelioma, in the abdomen. Pericardial mesothelioma, [...]
Rwanda's New Problem: Asbestos
The Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure has issued a statement warning construction and demolition firms about the inherent dangers of improperly handling asbestos-laced building materials. The African nation, torn by a decade-long civil war, is trying to rebuild most of the infrastructure destroyed or damaged during the brutal conflict. Infrastructure Minister Vincent Karega told reporters that [...]
Australian Do-It-Yourself Workers Encounter Asbestos Problems
The issues with asbestos exposure in the Australian construction industry have made worldwide headlines. On a smaller scale, but no less dangerous, are the instances of asbestos exposure felt among homeowners carrying out “do-it-yourself” home remodeling projects. With the current economic crisis, many homeowners are attempting to save money by doing their own work on [...]
Workers at Australian LNG Plant Exposed to Asbestos
According to one of the country’s leading labor unions, workers at a liquefied natural gas plant in the state of Western Australia were exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos. An independent laboratory confirmed that several contractors worked with grinding gaskets within the facility that contained high concentrations of asbestos fibers into the air. The state’s [...]
Judge Declines CSR Demerger Bid Due to Asbestos Funds
A judge in Australia ruled against CSR Limited’s bid to break its sugar and foods group away from the construction materials portion of the company due to concerns that the new firm would not be able to meet their previous commitments to victims of asbestos exposure. Executives with the company stated that they had covered [...]
Asbestos Criminal Trial Starts in Italy
The leaders of a Swiss construction company, including a Belgian baron, are on trial for negligence in Turin, Italy, due to their firm’s use of asbestos. Baron Jean-Louis de Cartier, age eighty-eight, and Swiss businessman Stephan Schmidheiny, age sixty-two, are the main shareholders in the construction firm Eternit and are accused of allowing workers on [...]
