The 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks brings crushing news in its wake: that the number of people diagnosed with 9/11-related cancer has nearly…
Category: Mesothelioma
Asbestos Exposure in Schools: Are Students and Teachers Still in Danger?
Almost 400 people exposed to asbestos in British schools will die of mesothelioma every year, a new report has revealed. Figures from the U.K. Health…
Dr. David Sugarbaker, Pioneer in Mesothelioma Treatment, Dies Age 65
On August 29, renowned thoracic surgeon and mesothelioma specialist Dr. David Sugarbaker passed away after battling liver cancer. He was just 65. His death touched…
EPA Says ‘SNUR’ Will Toughen Asbestos Oversight, Others Say It Will Only ‘Make Asbestos Great Again’
The past few weeks have seen asbestos in headlines across all major media outlets as the public comes to grips with the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
Asbestos Found in Playskool Crayons Sold at Dollar Tree, Amazon
On August 7, the consumer advocacy nonprofit, U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), released its annual report on school-supply safety, “Safer School Supplies: Shopping…
U.K. Prime Minister: Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent 22,000 Cancer Deaths a Year
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May recently unveiled a “new weapon” in cancer research: artificial intelligence (AI). She and medical experts say AI could prevent 22,000…
39,000 Deaths Caused Every Year by Asbestos, Rivaling Breast Cancer and Traffic Fatalities
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares to release information on how it will assess the dangers of hazardous substances such as asbestos, new research…
The Cancer Risks of Working for the U.S. Government: USDA Exposes Employees to Asbestos
One of the last places you’d want to find asbestos, a mineral that kills more than 39,000 Americans every year, is in a federal building…
The EPA’s Failure to Ban Asbestos ‘Is a Crime,’ Says EWG, So Why Is It Still Legal?
We know asbestos kills people, but we’ve never known precisely how many. What we do know is that U.S asbestos deaths are severely underreported. For…
