Mesothelioma Asbestos In The News

(ARA) - Everyone knows the dangers of asbestos. What was once commonplace in factories and the construction industry has caused a slew of health problems to those who have been exposed.

Nine years after its use was banned, statistics show that nearly 4,000 people in the UK die each year from the effects of asbestos exposure whilst at work.

Exxon is accused of negligence in an ex-yard worker's cancer death. Stanley Morton was long retired from the Newport News shipyard when he was diagnosed with asbestos-related cancer in April 2006.

ASBESTOS campaigners have welcomed a landmark judgement preventing a bid by insurance companies to stop paying out compensation.

YOU'D see him going downhill. He couldn't walk anywhere. He was flat-out just getting to the postbox.

Nine years after its use was banned, statistics show that nearly 4,000 people in the UK die each year from the effects of asbestos exposure whilst at work. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674524.htm

TERRY WARD spent most of his life as a builder working on sites with little or no protection against the invisible danger of asbestos.

A DRUG used to treat skin cancer is providing new hope for patients suffering from the deadly asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, WA researchers say.

Trainee apprentices from around the West Midlands received a stark warning from the Health and Safety Executive that, once exposed to asbestos fibres in their lungs, they could die a premature death from mesothelioma unless they take necessary precautions in the workplace.

THE Government will today come under pressure to compensate Oldham suffers of pleural plaques in a crucial House of Commons debate.