MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'asbestos'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:34 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337878&cid=t_113837_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fcurious-case-of-pfizers-asbestos-claims.html Here is a very strange and long-running story that raises some questions about how health care organizations are lead, but seems to have bee covered only in the business press.Pfizer Goes Into the Asbestos Business (in 1968), Faced Hundreds of Thousands of Lawsuits (in the 1980s), Promised to Settle (in 2004)Here is the background, per a 2004 report by the Associated Press, per Fox News:Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Friday said it has agreed to pay $430 million to settle all lawsuits against it alleging injury from insulation products made by a subsidiary.Pfizer and its Quigley Co. subsidiary were named, along with several other defendants, in 171,611 lawsuits claiming personal injury caused by exposure to asbestos, silica or mixed dust.Pfizer acquired Quigley Co. in 1968. It sold some products contai... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337878 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0100 4337878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245347&cid=t_113837_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FQj7T7GSKeiQ%2Fa-few-facts-about-asbestos.html Today, medical journal The Lancet has publicly criticised the Canadian government for its attitude towards asbestos, saying that although Canada will not expose its own citizens to asbestos, it will continue exporting the deadly substance to developing nations [Canada accused of hypocrisy, Lancet]. A few facts about asbestos All forms of asbestos are proven human carcinogens No exposure to asbestos is without risk All forms of asbestos cause the debilitating lung disease asbestosis All forms of asbestos can cause malignant mesothelioma All forms of asbestos can cause lung cancer All forms of asbestos can cause laryngeal cancer All forms of asbestos can cause ovarian cancer All forms of asbestos can cause gastrointestinal cancer All forms of…you get the picture Asbestos is still ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245347 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:00:59 +0100 4245347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089306&cid=t_113837_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FUOX9j0zT60c%2Fone_black_coffee_no_asbestos.php There's a lot to like about Canada (their health care system, for starters) but there are some things that are less than praiseworthy (I understate), and towards the top of that list would have to be a hundred years of peddling, with government support, protection and outright lying, a product that brought the world one of the 20th century's greatest public health catastrophes: asbestos. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089306 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:25:11 +0100 3089306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=556648&cid=t_113837_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceblogs.com%2Feffectmeasure%2F2007%2F04%2Fthe_human_face_of_another_outr_1.php Recently we posted on the risks encountered by workers working in the tunnels beneath the nation's capitol. You heard it from me. Now you can hear it and see it from the workers themselves on this video. You will also see pictures of the tunnels and the conditions there and hear about their lack of protection despite the fact the danger was known to the Architect of the Capitol. The streaming video is 15 minutes long, part of a new program by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims. Every minute has a new outrage on it, delivered in a matter of fact and dispassionate manner by one of the workers with scarring in his lungs. Here's the video Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=556648 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:19:53 +0100 556648