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After an inspection of a science building revealed asbestos dust, mercury vapor, and lead paint, San Francisco State University closed the building for the entire 2014 spring semester. This requires finding classrooms, labs, and offices for more than 2,500 students and staff. Les Wong, president of the university, stated, “The University is working with health …
On January 16th, the United States Senate designated the first week of April 2014 as National Asbestos Awareness Week. As a part of this, the senate urged the Surgeon General to warn and educate people about asbestos exposure and its hazards to health. This began as National Asbestos Awareness Day but was changed in 2005 …
Drivers using portable digital devices while driving have become a national safety issue. This activity includes making phone calls, texting, and emailing while driving. In 2011 over 3,000 people were killed in distracted driving crashes. In Texas alone in 2012 there were 90,378 traffic crashes involving distracted driving. It would seem obvious that a law …
U.S. Navy veterans serving from World War II through Vietnam faced a toxic threat from the asbestos aboard their own ships. Many decades later that exposure surfaced in the form of asbestos-related diseases. Of the 2,500 to 3,000 Americans diagnosed annually with malignant mesothelioma, a significant percentage of those individuals served in the U.S. Navy. Still …
What is lung cancer? The National Cancer Institute defines it as cancer that forms in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells lining air passages. They estimated there would be 226,160 new cases and 160,340 deaths in the United States alone in 2012. As we’ve known for decades, smoking is by far the leading …
