According to a story in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, a businessman in Hanover, Pa., has purchased a 50-year-old electronic map illustrating the Battle of Gettysburg from the U.S. General Services Administration for $14,000.
The National Park Service sold the 12-ton, steel-and-plaster topographical map in an online auction. It had been part of a former visitors’ center that has since been razed, but was not included in a new center that ...
continue reading...According to a report on ABC News, many first responders have mixed feelings about a decision to make cancer victims eligible for treatment and compensation under the World Trade Center Health Program.
The program set aside $4.3 billion to treat and otherwise compensate victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including first responders who suffered health problems after inhaling toxic dust at the site of Ground Zero.
The fund previously included health problems including asthma, carpal tunnel syndrome and lower back pain. ...
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Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who were diagnosed with cancer after inhaling toxic dust will now be eligible for treatment under the World Trade Center Health Program, according to an ABC News report.
The program released a list of cancers now covered under the program, including mesothelioma – a type of cancer affecting the protective lining that covers many of the internal organs of the body called the ...
continue reading...Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is expected to soon issue a final rule on which cancers will be covered under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, according to an article in Newsday.
The Zadroga law, enacted January 2011, sets aside $2.8 billion to compensate people made ill by exposure to toxins at the site of the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist ...
continue reading...An opinion piece in the Seattle Times concerns a shipyard worker diagnosed with mesothelioma – a type of cancer associated with asbestos exposure – and faults both the shipyard that employs him and the manufacturer of respirators used there for failing to adequately warn him.
The piece cites a case from the Washington Supreme Court, concerning a tool keeper at Todd Shipyards in Seattle named Leo Macias.
From 1978 to 2004, the ...
continue reading...According to a report from the Australian Broadcasting Company, children exposed to asbestos may suffer more wide-ranging problems than mesothelioma and lung cancer.
The report concerns a study in which researchers from Western Australia analyzed health data from nearly 2,500 children who lived at Wittenoom, a now-abandoned town where crocidolite, or “blue asbestos,” was mined for nearly 20 years.
The results indicate that exposure to blue asbestos in early childhood elevates the risk of a range of cancers and even heart disease ...
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