Gov't knew in 1978 that low doses of asbestos were carcinogenic
_ The government was aware that inhaling even a small amount of asbestos could cause mesothelioma, a type of cancer, more than a decade before Japan started to control asbestos use in 1989, a 1978 report by a labor ministry expert panel obtained by Kyodo News on Monday showed.
New Dust Regulations in El Dorado County
EL DORADO COUNTY—“If you disturb ground you must prevent dust,” said Jon Morgan of El Dorado County Environmental Management. That’s the basis of a 20-year old rule in El Dorado County that has recently been updated concerning dust, and implemented by the county board of supervisors. It affects any construction that breaks ground in the county. “They have to make sure that they cradle to grave
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(AP) Silver Bay, Minn. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Health are hoping to launch three studies into possible health risks on the Iron Range from asbestos.
State seeks studies of asbestos-related diseases on Iron Range
SILVER BAY, Minn. - Officials with the Minnesota Department of Health are hoping to launch three studies into possible health risks on the Iron Range from asbestos.
Survey: Many local govts don't know asbestos statistics
Some local governments do not know how many people in their area have died of mesothelioma, a type of cancer believed linked to asbestos exposure, despite the central government advising them each year of the number of deaths in their area from the disease, according to results of the nationwide survey released Saturday by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Asbestos blamed for deaths of 26 Japanese at Yokosuka
Twenty-six Japanese who worked at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, died of asbestos-related diseases such as lung cancer and mesothelioma, according to a Yokohama organization supporting victims of work-related diseases.
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_ ---------- U.S., N. Korea meet, discuss 'denucleraization' definition
Agency confirms asbestos at Northshore
WORKER HEALTH: The taconite plant's owner disputes federal regulators' findings. SILVER BAY -- Government tests at a Minnesota mining operation have detected elevated levels of asbestos in taconite dust, reopening decades-old questions about mine workers' safety.
U.C. Davis study links naturally occurring asbestos to lung cancer
SACRAMENTO, CA -- (07/20/05) -- A University of California, Davis study says everyday exposure to naturally occurring asbestos increases the risk of developing malignant mesothelioma. The study will be published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine this fall.
Feds looking into asbestos reports at Northshore Mining
SILVER BAY, Minn. - Federal officials have found asbestos levels at the massive Northshore Mining Co. taconite plant that were higher than allowed in other industries, though they did not exceed the federal limit for mining, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported on Sunday.
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