U.S. Steel May Have to Idle Coke Ovens due to Pollution Concerns The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works is appealing an enforcement order that was decided against it. If they lose, two of the worst performing batteries at the location would become idle and stop producing coke. This could end up costing U.S. Steel $400 million. These […]
New and Existing Lung Cancer Treatments
New and Existing Lung Cancer Treatments Even though lung cancer is a dangerous and devastating cancer to have, it is not devastating if caught early. The five year survival rate (the percentage of people who will be alive five years past their diagnosis date) for all people with all types of lung cancer is 18 […]
Today is the Great American Smokeout
Today is the Great American Smokeout For more than 40 years the third Thursday in November, known as the Great American Smokeout, has been a day to quit smoking. The Great American Smokeout started when Arthur P. Mullaney in Randolph, Massachusetts asked people to give up smoking for a day and donate whatever money would […]
Asbestos and its Link to Lung Cancer
Asbestosis and its Link to Lung Cancer In the early 1900s doctors began to notice that people working around asbestos were dying at an early age. People were dying from symptoms of what is now known as asbestosis. The first case of asbestosis, even though it was not named at the time, was found in […]
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Since 1990, research and advocacy organizations wanting to increase knowledge about lung cancer partner to teach people about the deadly effects of the disease. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women, making it a very prevalent […]
Rising Levels of Asbestos Imports into the United States
Rising Levels of Asbestos Imports into the United States The United States’ importation of asbestos has increased 2,000 percent from July to August of 2018, going from 13 metric tons in July to 272 metric tons in August. With the amount of asbestos coming into the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not protecting […]
Magnesium Extraction in Old Asbestos Mines
After health groups and experts pressured the Canadian government to ban asbestos, it finally agreed to do so in 2016. The ban is going to take effect soon and importing, selling, and using processed asbestos fibers and products containing them (except for trace amounts) will be banned. Residue left from mining asbestos (800 million tons […]
Asbestos in American Schools
The last thing parents should be worrying about when sending their children to school is the potential health effects caused by dangerous carcinogens. Sadly, this is not the case with the amount of asbestos in schools across the United States. Back in January 1984 a survey of 2,600 public school districts and private schools was […]
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Files a Petition for Asbestos Company Transparency
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization along with the American Public Health Association, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, Environmental Health Strategy Center, and Safer Chemicals Healthy Families have submitted a petition demanding more transparency from organizations that import asbestos into the United States. They do not think that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is […]
Today is Mesothelioma Awareness Day
Mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the lining of different organs. The name of this lining is the mesothelium, which is made up of mesothelial cells. These cells create a special lubricating fluid that helps organs move against each other. It essentially lets organs move within the body without disturbing or hurting other organs. There […]