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An article published in Canada’s “The Globe and Mail” and updated on January 2, 2015, revealed that asbestos exposure was by far the single largest workplace killer in Canada. In recent data covering 1996 – 2013, over a third of on-the-job deaths were caused by asbestos in 2013 and almost a third over the entire …
A small U.S. study recruited 316 pregnant women being treated at a University of Maryland outpatient clinic. In an anonymous survey, these women were questioned about their history of smoking, their knowledge about the harmful effects of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, as well as their overall attitude about e-cigarettes. Coleman-Cowger, the principal research scientist at Battelle …
Forty-five years ago, on April 22, 1970, an estimated 22 million people came out in force for the first ever Earth Day. It was the largest public demonstration in United States history and helped propel our nation into action. Early environmental laws were passed shortly after the first Earth Day. The EPA and OSHA were established …
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is commemorating Global Asbestos Awareness Week by focussing on prevention. The tagline throughout the world is: “HEAR Asbestos? THINK Prevention!™” Approximately 125 million people globally are exposed to asbestos where they work according to the World Health Organization. Of those, 107,000 people die each year due to this exposure. …
Southern Nevada is a land of rocky hills and dunes; but what has been found in that area is proving to be a danger to residents. In a study by geologists Dr. Brenda Buck and Dr. Rodney Metcalf, it was found that there are large amounts of natural asbestos-bearing mineral deposits from the southern shore …
