Another mesothelioma compensation bill has passed the second stage at Stormont. Spokeswoman for the Victims of Asbestos North West – Mary Carlin – lost her husband to the mesothelioma disease. She said that she is hoping that the money will be easy for the victims to get a hold of.
“It would be great if they could get that money with as little hassle as possible, because of what the families go through at that time,” she said.
Researchers believe that nanotubes may cause mesothelioma in certain people. Nanotubes are used in a hundreds if not thousands of products (especially paint) and if inhaled may cause this deadly and widespread disease. The study was performed on mice and was published in the Nature Nanotechnology journal.
“The results were clear,” said Kenneth Donaldson, a professor of respiratory toxicology at the University of Edinburgh, said at a London press conference today. “Long, thin carbon nanotubes showed the same effect as long, thin asbestos fiber.”
Unions all across the country are standing up to the Federal Government and requesting that they try to eliminate asbestos from any workplace or home. Sharon Burrow – president of the ACTU – stated during an interview that, “This is an urgent request. You’ve got Australia with the highest rate of mesothelioma deaths anywhere in the world,” Ms Burrow told The Age.
According to a British study one out of ten Australian carpenters that were born before 1950 will die of mesothelioma between the years of 2000 and 2050. Professor Julian Peto - the Cancer research specialist - put together her findings while researching the lifetime pccupations of 600 mesothelioma patients.
Andrew Manuel started having serious back pain and thought it was nothing serious. That is until two years later when we had to undergo surgery to have his lung removed and had to have radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
This week the Minnesota House Committee passed a bill that would fund the money for a study of lung cancer on the Iron Range. The bill will provide $4.9 million that will help researchers to study the link between mesothelioma and taconite mining.
Researchers will measure the level of exposure to dust, the components of the dust and compare the results to miners and their spouses. Last spring the state Health Department found that 52 miners had died from mesothelioma.
Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc.’s of the proprietary products division has stated this week that they have worked at getting the exclusive licensing rights they needed in order to distribute Onconase. Onconase is a drug from Alfacell that is used to treat those who have been diagnosed with malignant and inoperable mesothelioma. Along with the licensing rights they have also acquired the right to commercialize it.
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is pleased to announce a breakthrough in their quest to finding a cure for those who have been affected by this deadly disease. They have finally received funding ($50 million) from the Department of Defense for the very first time due to the Defense Appropriations Bill that was signed by the President in November.
It is hard enough for adults to have to worry about contracting mesothelioma from the harmful things that they work with – but to learn that our children may be at risk is something that none of us expected. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization has performed tests and have learned that there is a harmful amount of asbestos in the usual toys that they play with. Many toys have already been pulled off the shelves.
Hospitals in Europe have been working on creating a new treatment for the deadly mesothelioma disease and are happy to see that it was a success. The new anticancer drug – which has been called “Vinflunine” – has already proven positive results and higher survival rates on diagnosed patients.