Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer
MedicineNet.com - Jun 08 9:51 AM
Title: Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer Category: Health News Created: 6/7/2006 Last Editorial Review: 6/7/2006Save to My Web
Actor Paul Gleason, May 27
Stamford Advocate - May 30 6:11 AM
Actor Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in “Trading Places” and the angry high school principal in “The Breakfast Club,” died of mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos, on May 27. He was 67. Through his career, Gleason appeared in more than 60 movies that included “Die Hard,” “Johnny Be Good” and “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder.”Save to My Web
Asbestos Tied To Cancer Of Larynx
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta - Jun 06 2:15 PM
A study finds that asbestos harms more than just the lungs.Save to My Web
In the Nation
Akron Beacon Journal - Jun 07 12:43 AM
Personal data on more than 2.2 million active-duty military troops — not just 50,000, as initially believed — were among the material stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month, the Pentagon said Tuesday. In a briefing paper to Congress, the Defense Department said the VA understated figures when it said up to 50,000 Navy and National Guard troops — and no other active-duty personnel Save to My Web
More cancers linked to asbestos: report
News Interactive - Jun 06 8:45 PM
RESEARCH has linked another cancer to asbestos, according to a US report released today that found exposure can cause cancer of the voice box, or larynx, and possibly of the colon, stomach and upper throat.Save to My Web
Safety of nuclear jobs called into question
Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 02 7:25 AM
A STUDY that showed workers at the Lucas Heights nuclear facility had a lower risk of dying from cancer has been criticised as flawed by a prominent occupational health specialist. -Save to My Web
Tunnel workers, Public Citizen team up on asbestos
The Hill - Jun 07 6:21 PM
Six members of the Capitol Power Plants tunnel crew expressed concern and frustration yesterday about the Architect of the Capitols (AoC) failure to protect them from exposure to carcinogenic asbestos while working inside the crumbling infrastructure.Save to My Web