Asbestos exposure is well recognized as a health hazard. Studies show that high concentration of asbestos fibers inhaled over a long period of time can cause lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis resulting from occupational exposures. What is asbestos? It is the name given to a group of highly fibrous minerals with separable, long and thin fibers...
A Canadian First Nations family that has incredibly lost five of its members to asbestos poisoning, has now lost a sixth. Rita Swain died earlier in late March from mesothelioma, reports the Canadian Press. She was diagnosed three years ago with the asbestos-related disease, which affected the lining of her stomach...
A Canadian First Nations family that has incredibly lost five of its members to asbestos poisoning, has now lost a sixth. Rita Swain died earlier in late March from mesothelioma, reports the Canadian Press. She was diagnosed three years ago with the asbestos-related disease, which affected the lining of her stomach...
To be diagnosed with mesothelioma can be akin to being handed a death sentence. Mesothelioma, if you do not know what it means, comes about from an excessive exposure to asbestos fibers. An exposure results in the lungs being invaded. Although it takes years for cancer to be full blown, it strikes with a vengence all of a sudden...
This is the story of Dr. Stephen Jay Gould, a Harvard paleontologist professor, and how he faced the Big C with a lot of attitude and courage. In July of 1982, at the age of 40, the American writer and professor, Stephen Jay Gould was diagnosed with a rare cancer called abdominal mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a serious cancer usually associated with exposure to asbestos...
