Watchdog's fine a first for disclosure law
The securities regulator has for the first time used continuous disclosure provisions and fined a company it claims misrepresented the ability of its product to fight cancer caused by asbestos.
State institute reported asbestos death near plant in 1986
_ A group of researchers, including experts from the government-affiliated National Institute of Industrial Health, found out at least 19 years ago that a woman who lived near an asbestos factory had died of cancer following exposure to the carcinogenic substance, according to academic papers presented in 1986.
Asbestos death near plant reported in '86
Researchers found out at least 19 years ago that a woman who lived near an asbestos factory died of cancer following exposure to the carcinogenic substance, according to academic papers presented in 1986.
Loss of palliative care raises alarm
It is a place where patients go for care in their final days and where they can die with dignity surrounded by the people who love them. The palliative-care unit at Bluewater Health in Sarnia is the place where Blayne Kinart chose to spend his last days.
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Mesothelioma risk known in '78
The government was aware that inhaling even a small amount of asbestos could cause mesothelioma, an incurable cancer, more than a decade before Japan started to curb asbestos use in 1989, according to a 1978 report by a labor ministry expert panel obtained by Kyodo News.
Asbestos policy soon
Goulburn Mulwaree Council will develop a policy on the handling of asbestos on affected sites being renovated or demolished after a workshop held last week.
Asbestos used at 1,147 JR West stations
_ Asbestos is used at 1,147 stations of West Japan Railway Co., some 94 percent of all of its 1,216 stations, the railway company said Saturday.
Hyogo factory's asbestos linked to lung cancer
A 45-year-old woman who as a child lived in company housing near a factory that manufactured building materials containing asbestos in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, developed symptoms of mesothelioma in spring 2003 and underwent surgery to remove her right lung, it was learned Thursday.
Tokyo to look at rising cases of asbestos illnesses
Japan is to launch an investigation into the rising number of asbestos-linked illnesses that have emerged recently, after the government acknowledged that 405 people had died from asbestos-related cancers in the five years to 2004.
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