Jan 12, 2012
In the constant search for better methods to detect the presence of asbestosis disease and in particular, the aggressive malignant cancer, mesothelioma, medical research has been examining age and gender differences along with...
Dec 09, 2011
It is estimated that between 1968 and 1971, nearly 70 per cent per cent of all asbestos used in the UK was imported from Canada.
Dec 07, 2011
For most of the twentieth century and throughout many manufacturing, engineering and construction industries of the UK, it was often the policy for company employers to restrict asbestos awareness...
Nov 24, 2011
The Health & Safety Executive figures for the current annual, total number of asbestos-related cancer deaths in the UK is a conservative 4,000. Even though there were 2249 known deaths from mesothelioma...
Nov 24, 2011
Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, asbestos surveys are required to be carried out in advance of renovations or demolition of premises, specially when...
Nov 09, 2011
The number of deaths from mesothelioma in the UK is still on the rise. Latest figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) show a 3.2 per cent rise from 2,249 in 2008 to 2,321 deaths in 2009.
Nov 04, 2011
It may not be very well known that despite the prohibition of white chrysotile asbestos, introduced in 1999 by the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations, it actually was not until 1st January 2005 that the legislation...
Oct 24, 2011
The surgical procedures for asbestosis treatments or mesothelioma are often considerably arduous, especially if the patient is elderly and a diagnosis is made when the disease is likely to have reached an advanced stage...
Oct 19, 2011
The search for a cure to mesothelioma, the incurable asbestos-related cancer, continues as recently released figures show 2,000 diagnosed cases are recorded annually in the UK, and the number of deaths rose to 66.4 per million people between 2006-08.
Oct 14, 2011
Asbestosis treatments, when applied to mesothelioma, an incurable malignant cancer, are attempts to slow down and ease the effects of the spread of the fatal disease to adjacent body tissue areas.