Asbestos Testing- Necessary Protection Against Killer Diseases

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Asbestos testing is the method to determine the presence of asbestos in the industrial processes, residential buildings and objects. Asbestos had been commonly used as construction materials in buildings till few years back. A mineral compound, asbestos is the common name for a group of six naturally occurring fibrous minerals found in certain rock formations. [...]

Mesothelioma Legislation: the Fight Against Asbestos

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

In the eve of last century, asbestos was considered the ideal construction material. It was resistant to fire, isolated electricity conduction was easy to use and above was, was very inexpensive. But problems rose when asbestos was proved to produce fatal diseases when inhaled. One of them is mesothelioma.
This dreadful mesothelioma has taken hundreds [...]

Deadly Mesothelioma: Litigations Against Asbestos

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

What made asbestos so popular in the construction industries on the verge of the twentieth century? There were definitely some features present in asbestos that gave it an edge over all other materials to be used in construction in the heavy industries.

* Asbestos was first of all a fire-resistant mineral.

* Asbestos was good [...]

Russia protests against asbestos ban

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Russia, the world’s leading producer of asbestos, protested as an international forum in Moscow urged a global ban on the use of the material because of health risks.
“It’s just a PR campaign when they say that asbestos can kill,” said Viktor Ivanov, head of the Chrysotile Association, an industry group based in the Russian town [...]