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Missouri Brick Factory Faces Asbestos Removal, Repurposing
In New Mexico, Missouri, a brick factory that operated continuously from 1908 through 2002 under the name A. P. Green Refactories is being given a new lease on life under the Mid America Brick and Structural Clay Products, LLC corporate umbrella thanks to remediation tax credits of up to $1,379,477 under the Brownfield Development Program. [...]
New Maintenance Therapy Methods for Lung Cancer
Several clinical experiments have attempted to improve the survival rates of patients dealing with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by stretching out the time span involved in the first stage of treatment. The idea behind this method, also known as maintenance therapy, is to attack the tumor after its initial regression stage instead of delaying [...]
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 [...]
New Biomarkers May Speed Diagnosis of Mesothelioma
Earlier detection of mesothelioma and pancreatic cancer may be hastened thanks to new biomarkers identified by researchers at SomaLogic in Boulder, Colorado. Given the current difficulty in diagnosing and treating both these illnesses, the discovery is being met with much enthusiasm among the medical community. For the mesothelioma portion of the study, the SomaLogic team [...]
Ventura Owner, Contractor Face Fines on Asbestos Ceiling Removals
In the latter part of June, Ventura, California townhome/apartment owner Tony Biedul, and painting contractor Bill Bigler, were cited for their May removal of textured “popcorn” ceilings from some of the units in the Ventura Village Green apartments. Ceilings which, one expert says, Biedul must have known contained asbestos. The problem started with leaking pipes [...]
California 1848 Gold Rush Left Toxic Asbestos Legacy in Sierra Nevada Recreation Areas
Recent sampling from trails and recreation sites along the Sierra Nevada range in California, which runs from Redding in the north to Bakersfield in the south, show extremely high levels of asbestos, arsenic and lead. This toxic contamination is the legacy of California’s 1848 Gold Rush, which saw hundreds of newcomers from around the nation, [...]
Middletown, New York Building Owner Faces Fines for Improper Asbestos Removal
In Middletown, New York, officials are ready to fine the owner of a building where asbestos was removed in violation of state laws. The building is the former Classy Leather goods warehouse on Canal St. The furor arose when a city building inspector came upon a work crew leaving the building with bags of asbestos [...]
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 [...]
