From 1930 to about 1980 virtually every ship commissioned by the United States Navy employed asbestos insulation as a critical design and construction element.

Asbestos is back in the news as efforts are made by a United Nations agency to add the chrysotile variety of asbestos to the world's list of most hazardous substances.

THE widow of a Kidderminster man who died after being exposed to asbestos has appealed for his former work colleagues to help in her legal battle for justice.

THE family of a Cheltenham man who died of cancer are appealing for information about his possible asbestos exposure.

A terminally ill artist is trying to help authorities in North Carolina solve the 10-year-old case of a missing boy whose skeleton was found in a wooded area.

BUILDING products manufacturers James Hardie and CSR have been accused in court of joining forces during the 1960s and 1970s to try to dissuade regulators from restricting or controlling the use of their potentially lethal asbestos products.

Onconase represents a new class of RNA-damaging drugs. Mechanistically, Onconase is thought to internalize, where it degrades intracellular RNAs such as tRNA and double-stranded RNA, and thereby suppresses protein synthesis.

Mesothelioma Disease Info >> Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, the deadliest of all.

Ernie Terry needed a moment to regain his breath after climbing the stairs at his house in Bisley, south of London.

A Big I-Team investigation exposes Wisconsin's deadly secret: a super-aggressive form of lung cancer with no cure.

Parliamentarian Suggests Dumping Asbestos into Ocean February 3, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ Asbestos roofing from homes damaged during cyclone Heta in 2004 is still piled up six years later on the South Pacific island nation of Niue.

JARROW MP Stephen Hepburn is stepping up the campaign for asbestos victims. There are fears those suffering from pleural plaques could be excluded from compensation under new plans being proposed by the Government, with money instead directed at those with the killer disease mesothelioma.

VICTIMS of an asbestos-related illness could lose out on compensation because the Government is refusing to back their claims.

ROCHDALE families could be among those to benefit from a proposed A 70million government package to help victims of asbestos-related illnesses.

When large sums of government money are offered to help help asbestos victims and sufferers of Mesothelioma, the reaction isn't always a thank you.

Research and Markets: Viral Oncology: Basic Science and Clinical Applications - Comprehensive Look at the Latest Research Findings and Clinical Applications of Oncogenic Viruses Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Viral Oncology: Basic Science and Clinical Applications" to their offering.

Total undiscounted cost of UK asbestos-related claims to the insurance market is expected to be around 11bn for the period 2009 to 2050, according to a research by Actuarial Profession's UK Asbestos Working Party The research identified that the proportion of people suffering from mesothelioma that subsequently make a claim for compensation has ...

January 28, 2010 /EIN News/ -- In New York State, the Queensbury Union Free School District is getting ready to embark on a massive undertaking.

Pool equipment inventor and industry veteran Paul Fulmer died Jan. 11 of mesothelioma.

UK Government to Propose 70 Million GBP for Asbestos Cancer Sufferers January 26, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ The UK government will present trade unions with a 70 million GBP package of programs to help workers who suffer from asbestos-related diseases.