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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:34:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/10/mesothelioma-week-in-review-touched-super-bowls-road-races-college-campuses-and-politics/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/10/mesothelioma-week-in-review-touched-super-bowls-road-races-college-campuses-and-politics/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:31 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5769 Mesothelioma survivor Larry Davis will participate in his road race to raise money for the disease.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/10/mesothelioma-week-in-review-touched-super-bowls-road-races-college-campuses-and-politics/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/10/national-cancer-prevention-mesothelioma-and-lung-cancer/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/10/national-cancer-prevention-mesothelioma-and-lung-cancer/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:35:15 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5748 mesothelioma and lung cancer.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/10/national-cancer-prevention-mesothelioma-and-lung-cancer/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/09/california-state-university-northridge-just-latest-example-of-asbestos-threat-on-college-campuses/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/09/california-state-university-northridge-just-latest-example-of-asbestos-threat-on-college-campuses/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5739 asbestos remained in 18 different buildings, despite previous efforts to remove it. And that campus was probably typical. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/09/california-state-university-northridge-just-latest-example-of-asbestos-threat-on-college-campuses/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/08/politics-behind-blocking-of-demolition-for-asbestos-containing-building/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/08/politics-behind-blocking-of-demolition-for-asbestos-containing-building/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:26 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5695 asbestos-containing buildings in Colorado blocked by state Republicans through a 33-32 vote. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/08/politics-behind-blocking-of-demolition-for-asbestos-containing-building/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/07/anti-asbestos-advocate-larry-davis-working-toward-miles-for-meso-race-sunday-in-south-florida/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/07/anti-asbestos-advocate-larry-davis-working-toward-miles-for-meso-race-sunday-in-south-florida/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:29 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5684 mesothelioma, will leave the hospital this week to prepare for the 3rd annual Miles for Meso Race Sunday in South Florida.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/07/anti-asbestos-advocate-larry-davis-working-toward-miles-for-meso-race-sunday-in-south-florida/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/06/super-bowl-merlin-olsen-mesotheliom/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/06/super-bowl-merlin-olsen-mesotheliom/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:46:56 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5658 asbestos exposure in 2010.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/06/super-bowl-merlin-olsen-mesotheliom/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/week-in-review-at-mesothelioma-center-asbestos-activists-working-libby-victims-getting-help/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/week-in-review-at-mesothelioma-center-asbestos-activists-working-libby-victims-getting-help/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:27:46 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5651 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/week-in-review-at-mesothelioma-center-asbestos-activists-working-libby-victims-getting-help/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/white-house-asbestos-policies/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/white-house-asbestos-policies/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:45 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5618 asbestos, citing that approximately 60 lives could have been saved during the time that the policy was being held up. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/03/white-house-asbestos-policies/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/02/asbestos-in-schools-a-national-scandal-in-united-kingdom/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/02/asbestos-in-schools-a-national-scandal-in-united-kingdom/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:17:10 +0000 TimPovtak http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5607 Asbestos contamination in schools throughout the United Kingdom has become "a national scandal,'' according to one Member of Parliament who has asked for swift action to correct the growing health concern.]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/02/asbestos-in-schools-a-national-scandal-in-united-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/01/vermont-residents-debate-asbestos-mine-superfund/ http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/01/vermont-residents-debate-asbestos-mine-superfund/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:37:07 +0000 mhall http://www.asbestos.com/news/?p=5584 Asbestos mine should become a Superfund site. If the mine is cleaned up through the EPA program, a biomass electric generation plant will be added in its place. ]]> http://www.asbestos.com/news/2012/02/01/vermont-residents-debate-asbestos-mine-superfund/feed/ 0