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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 …
Recognizable character actor Ed Lauter, a veteran of movies and TV, passed away at 74. His publicist said Mr. Lauter died on October 16th from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer usually caused by exposure to asbestos. The source of exposure was not identified. Though usually tied to a workplace environment, there are numerous opportunities for exposure since …
Denmark has seen a rapid rise in the occurrence of malignant mesothelioma since the 1950s. There was almost no asbestos usage in Denmark until the post World War II era. At that time, it rose steadily until an asbestos ban was implemented in 1980, with an exception for asbestos cement products and brake linings. From …
