LCHB Announces Nationwide Class Action Filed Against W. R. Grace Alleging Zonolite Attic Insulation Threatens the Health and Safety of United States Residents
Business Wire - April 14, 2000
Business Editors & Legal Writers
MISSOULA, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2000
A nationwide class action lawsuit was filed today in the United States District Court, District of Montana, Missoula Division, against W. R. Grace & Company and others, alleging that Zon... (Read More)
Inhaled Crocidolite Mutagenicity in Lung DNA
Environmental Health Perspectives - April 1, 2000, by Bertrand Rihn,
Catherine Coulais,
Edmond Kauffer,
Marie-Claire Bottin,
Patrick Martin,
Francois Vigneron Yvon, Jean Claude,
Stephane Binet,
Nathalie Monhoven,
Guy Steiblen,
Gerard Keith
We used transgenic mice carrying the lacI reporter gene to study the mutagenesis potential of asbestos crocidolite. The animals were exposed by nose-only inhalation to an aerosol containing 5.75 mg/[m.sup.3] crocidolite dust for 6 hr/day and 5 consecutive days. After 1, 4... (Read More)
Obituaries - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
British Medical Journal - April 1, 2000
Muriel Lina ("Molly") Newhouse
Occupational physician and epidemiologist who won international recognition for her work in identifying the health dangers of asbestos (b South Africa 1912; q Royal Free Hospital 1936; FRCP, FFOM), died from cardiac failure on 15 February ... (Read More)
California jury returns $20 million punitive verdict against big tobacco, brings total to $21.7 million
Business Wire - March 27, 2000
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Sending a message to Big Tobacco,... (Read More)
EPA Issues Order to Schuyler Heights Fire Department; Reminds Others to Comply With Clean Air Rules
Business Wire - March 21, 2000
Business Editors/Government/Environment Writers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found the Schuyler Heights Fire Department in violation of asbestos regulations in the Clean Air Act and ordered the fire depar... (Read More)
A Large Thoracic Mass in a 57-Year-Old Patient - )
Chest - March 1, 2000, by Rulon H. Sandvliet,
Mick Heysteeg,
Marinus A. Paul
(CHEST 2000; 117:897-900)
A 57-year-old woman presented to her general practitioner with progressive shortness of breath that had existed for 1.5 years. The symptoms became obvious while moving to a new home. Because breath sounds of the left lung were found to be almos... (Read More)
Asbestos in Extrapulmonary Sites - )
Chest - February 1, 2000, by Ronald F. Dodson,
Michael F. O'Sullivan,
Ju Huang,
David B. Holiday,
Samuel P. Hammar
Omentum and Mesentery
Study objectives: Asbestos fibers have not been reported in tissues from the peritoneal cavity. Therefore, omentum, mesentery, and lung tissues from 20 individuals in whom mesothelioma was diagnosed were analyzed for asbestos bodies and asbestos fi... (Read More)
Diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
American Family Physician - January 15, 2000, by Barbara Apgar
Not only has the prevalence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) increased over the past 40 years, it is anticipated that the increase will continue because of the widespread use of asbestos from the 1940s to the end of the 1970s. MPM is a highly lethal neoplasm, and d... (Read More)
Diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
American Family Physician - January 15, 2000, by Barbara Apgar
Definition
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer. In mesothelioma, malignant cells are found in the sac lining of the chest (the pleura) or the abdomen (the peritoneum). The majority of people with mesothelioma have a history of jobs that exposed them to asbestos, an insula... (Read More)
Predicting Survival in Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusions - )
Chest - January 1, 2000, by Craig M. Burrows,
W. Christopher Mathews,
Henri G. Colt
An Assessment of the Prognostic Values of Physiologic, Morphologic, and Quality of Life Measures of Extent of Disease
Purpose: To determine the prognostic value of pleural fluid pH, pleural fluid glucose, extent of pleural carcinomatosis (EPC) score, and Karnofsky Perfo... (Read More)
A cluster of acoustic neuromas in fish hatchery workers - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal - January 1, 2000, by Elena H. Page
Abstract
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to determine if there is a relationship between acoustic neuroma and fish hatchery work. The request was triggered by a r... (Read More)
Emerging Translational Therapies for Mesothelioma - )
Chest - December 1, 1999, by Harvey I. Pass,
Bruce W. Robinson,
Joseph R. Testa,
Michele Carbone
Malignant pleural mesothelioma remains a therapeutic and diagnostic problem. Translational mechanisms for treatment of the disease are emerging from newly learned characteristics of the tumor on a molecular, cellular, and extracellular basis. Although slow to reach the cl... (Read More)
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