Archive for the ‘Mesothelioma News’ Category
Genetic Causes To Being Mesothelioma Prone
A new study into mesothelioma cancer has found that a genetic mutation may be responsible for an increased susceptibility in some individuals to contracting the deadly disease from exposure to the asbestos material.
Low Level Asbestos Risk Under Review.
The raising of asbestos awareness, especially since the first Asbestos Regulations of 1969, which simply aimed to ‘manage asbestos contact’, and the evolution of legislation to adequately control and, ultimately, prohibit the use of the white chrysotile form of the hazardous material in 1999, has always been slow and contested every step of the way.
Asbestosis Claim Cases Doubled In Three Years.
According to figures held at the Royal Courts of Justice, the number of asbestosis claim cases has more than doubled from 574 in 2007 to 1,164 in 2010, with a total of 381 cases processed just in the 6 month period January – June 2010, alone.
Asbestos Gloves Deadly Protection
The low cost manufacture of products made from the heat-resistant and fire-retardant properties of asbestos material throughout the twentieth century meant that exposure to asbestos fibre dust was a widespread health hazard across entire regions of heavy industry and engineering in the UK.
Mesothelioma Fund And Research Centre Dropped.
A Government proposal to introduce a £400million “fund of last resort”, which would provide finance assistance to former employees and their asbestosis lawyer to help trace former company employers whose workplaces had exposed them to the deadly asbestos fibre dust, has been reported to have been quietly abandoned.