Most mesothelioma victims were exposed to asbestos in the workplace and were never told of its dangers or given proper protective gear. The great tragedy of mesothelioma is that it was preventable. Many of the corporations that manufactured and profited from the sale of asbestos-containing products were aware of the hazards of asbestos. These companies did not warn of the risks or protect workers. It is their legal duty to know about about their products, to test them for any potential hazards. If a potential hazard does exist, the company has a responsibility to warn workers of the hazards. In many cases, they hid the knowledge they had in order to protect themselves from liability or having to find a new business model. The result is that many workers have unnecessarily developed mesothelioma.
Asbestos & Mesothelioma ArticlesCanada to Keep Asbestos off Trade Blacklist - Wed, 05 Nov 2008 Source: The Guardian A coalition made up of Canada and a number of developing countries has successfully lobbied to keep chrysotile asbestos from being added to the Rotterdam Convention’s list of hazardous substances. Chrysotile is the most commonly used form of asbestos and the majority of other nations had wanted it included on the dangerous substances list because of its causative association with mesothelioma and UPI.com The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has released its anticipated report on asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from Libby, Montana. The Agency found that the vermiculite from Libby contaminated 28 exfoliation sites and may have exposed workers at these sites, their families and people living close to the plants to Journal of Thoracic Oncology The development of truly curative therapeutic approaches for the treatment of mesothelioma is the “Holy Grail” of contemporary research into malignant mesothelioma. Even as improvements to the available treatments have led to extended patient survival time, the disease is still without cure. The most effective current treatments call for a multimodal therapeutic approach whe... Continue > Preoperative Staging of Mesothelioma by 18F-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Fused Imaging - Fri, 17 Oct 2008 Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Disease staging is one of the fundamental steps in the development of a treatment plan for patients with mesothelioma<... Continue >
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