Asbestos and international organizations - Correspondence - Letter to the Editor
Environmental Health Perspectives - May 1, 2004, by Lorenzo Tomatis
More information is available on the harmful effects of asbestos, and more incontestable epidemiologic and experimental evidence is available on its carcinogenicity, than for any other environmental agent. The first reports of its use date back more than 2,000 years. Hero... (Read More)
Health and environmental consequences of the World Trade Center disaster - Workgroup Report
Environmental Health Perspectives - May 1, 2004, by Philip J. Landrigan,
Paul J. Lioy,
George Thurston,
Gertrud Berkowitz,
L.C. Chen,
Steven N. Chillrud,
Stephen H. Gavett,
Panos G. Georgopoulos,
Alison S. Geyh,
Stephen Levin,
Frederica Perera,
The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) created an acute environmental disaster of enormous magnitude. This study characterizes the environmental exposures resulting from destruction of the WTC and assesses their effects on health. Methods include ambient air sampling;... (Read More)
First drug for rare cancer - Updates - Alimta - Brief Article
FDA Consumer - May 1, 2004
Cancer of the mesothelium--a membrane that covers and protects most of the body's internal organs--is usually associated with a history of asbestos exposure and affects the lining of the chest. About 2,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. By the time symptoms appear, th... (Read More)
Urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine as a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage in workers exposed to fine particulates - Research
Environmental Health Perspectives - May 1, 2004, by Jee Young Kim,
Sutapa Mukherjee,
Long Ngo,
David C. Christiani
Residual oil fly ash (ROFA) is a chemically complex mixture of compounds, including metals that are potentially carcinogenic because of their ability to cause oxidative injury. In this study, we investigated the association between exposure to particulate matter with an a... (Read More)
Foster Wheeler Awarded SCR Contract by American Electric Power
Business Wire - April 19, 2004
Business Editors
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (OTCBB: FWLRF) announced today that its subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Power Group, Inc., has been awarded a contract by American Electric Power to supply and install a state-of-the-ar... (Read More)
ACE Casualty Risk Introduces New Lead Umbrella with Premises Pollution Policy
Business Wire - April 15, 2004
Business Editors
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2004
ACE Casualty Risk, a unit of ACE USA--the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies--today introduced a new Lead Umbrella with Premises Pollution Liability program designed to prov... (Read More)
Foster Wheeler Elects John T. La Duc Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Business Wire - April 14, 2004
Business Editors
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2004
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (OTCBB:FWLRF) announced today that its board of directors has elected John T. La Duc, 61, as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. La Duc was most recently exec... (Read More)
Foster Wheeler Files Terms of Its Proposed Equity for Debt Exchange Offer; Proposed Offer Would Reduce Debt by Nearly $500 Million
Business Wire - April 13, 2004
Business Editors/Environment Writers
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (OTCBB: FWLRF) announced that it filed the terms of its proposed equity for debt exchange offer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). If the exchan... (Read More)
Foster Wheeler Secures EPC Contract for $18 Million Clean Fuels Project in Saudi Arabia
Business Wire - April 5, 2004
Energy Editors/Business Editors
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (OTCBB: FWLRF) announced today that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded a contract to proceed with the detailed engineering, procurement and... (Read More)
Asbestos-induced peritoneal mesothelioma in a construction worker - Grand Rounds
Environmental Health Perspectives - April 1, 2004, by Rodolfo Fonte,
Salvatore Gambettino,
Mario Melazzini,
Mario Scelsi,
Claudio Zanon,
Stefano M. Candura
Occupational and environmental asbestos exposure continues to represent a public health problem, despite increasingly restrictive laws adopted by most industrialized countries. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive asbestos-related malignancy. We present the ca... (Read More)
Through the lens sharply: insurance, reinsurance and brokerage community professionals highlight the differences in how they approach risk - Insurance
Risk & Insurance - April 1, 2004, by Thomas J. Slattery
Insurance companies, reinsurance companies and insurance brokerages make their living sorting out the risk profiles of others--analyzing them, minimizing them and financing them. But what of their own risks? Are they atypical? If so, what are they and how do these industr... (Read More)
Old homes pose dangers - Remodeling
USA Today (Magazine) - April 1, 2004
As spring warms up and building projects around the house become more plentiful, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, Des Plaines, Ill., reminds homeowners to keep environmental hazards to a minimum during construction efforts.
Some potential contaminant... (Read More)
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