Tag Archives: Cancer Society
Asbestos, Quebec Cancels Cancer Walk
For several years, the town of Asbestos, Quebec, like many other towns across Canada and the US, had held a “Relay for Life” event to raise money for cancer research. This year, city officials cancelled the walk due to the opposition of several cancer charities to a loan package for the town’s asbestos mines. The [...]
International Group Asks for Asbestos Ban – Could Reduce Mesothelioma Incidence
An international consortium of researchers, led by Joseph LaDou, M.D., is asking yet again that nations of the world, and most specifically Canada, ban the mining and manufacture of asbestos into products that, when sold, endanger the health of everyone who comes in contact with them. LaDou, a member of the Collegium Ramazzini, joined Fellows [...]
Two New York Contractors Charged With Asbestos Dumping
On May 5, two Western New York State contractors were charged with dumping thousands of pounds of asbestos-containing debris inside an abandoned warehouse in the Buffalo area. The two were subsequently arrested. They are 45-year-old Robert Bishop of East Amherst, and 47-year-old Salvatore Capizzi of Grand Island, both of whom have been charged by the [...]
Home Development Soil Likely Contains Asbestos
Hampton County, Virginia In Buckroe Beach, Virginia, a housing development named Parade of Homes has been under assault by a committee of residents, called the Buckroe Beach Bayfront Park Committee, who claim the development is unlawful and no environmental study was ever carried out to determine if the site contained asbestos before the land was [...]
Tulsa Schools Bond Issue Aimed at Asbestos, Aging High School
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, aging East Central High School faces some of the same problems facing all older schools nationwide; that is, aging infrastructure, a lack of funding during one of the most widespread recessions since the 1930s, and an asbestos legacy from the last century which affects all schools built before the mid-1970s. East Central [...]
Pocatello, Idaho, Day Care Closed for Asbestos
In Pocatello, Idaho, near the southeast corner of the state, a facility providing child day care services for about 140 youngsters in the basement of United Methodist Church closed temporarily over the weekend to allow air quality tests for asbestos to be conducted after a fire nearly demolished the church chapel. Tender Loving Care Child [...]
Wrongful Death Suit Names Union Carbide, Others in Asbestos-Related Death
According to the Southeast Texas Record, a weekly legal journal covering Jefferson and Orange Counties, Robert Earl Woods is suing Union Carbide, BP, Amoco, Dow, Chevron, Shell, and Texaco for the death of his relative, Willie E. Woods. Willie Woods, who died in 2007 as a result of lung cancer induced by working for 20 [...]
Worldwide Cancer Rates on the Rise
Cancer is predicted to rise worldwide mainly due to the increase of tobacco use and more “Westernized” habits in developing countries. By the year 2030 cancer is expected to more than double and in 2010 it is predicted to be the world’s largest killer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has completed a report [...]
New Research Sheds Light on Lung Cancer for Non-Smokers
A massive new study that scientists are calling the most comprehensive global data analysis of non-smoking related lung cancer ever conducted has found that the number of non-smokers who are diagnosed with lung cancer has remained relatively stable since 1930. Previous studies and concerns about rising pollution and environmental risk factors had fueled speculation that [...]
