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Most people know Rolf Harris as a popular entertainer and artist, but he is also a passionate supporter of a complete worldwide asbestos
ban,and has backed a new Australian anti asbestos website, launched this week in Perth Australia. This is an abridged version of his views as told to Perth Now.

Rolf has his own personal reasons for supporting the new website, in fact he has had three close experiences with the deadly mineral. Rolf was first exposed as a boy, while growing up in a one-room house his father Crom had erected on land overlooking the Swan River. The Harris`s family home was made of pressed asbestos fibre boards nailed to upright timbers – a death trap to anyone who might later drill into or damage the walls. “People should be educated to the fact that you don’t mess around with that sort of material, Don’t drill into it, don’t sand it down, don’t create dust from it, don’t saw it…Get experts in (to remove it)… The ordinary Joe Public should never tackle anything to do with asbestos-related material.” Rolf explains in a video interview. Continue reading ‘Three Reasons Why Rolf Harris Supports A Worldwide Asbestos Ban’ »

Exposure to hazardous asbestos has been a problem for over a century.  The common form of exposure typically came from the workplace.  However, that has changed as asbestos has been found in the water supplies of various municipalities.  One interesting study is called, “Cancer mortality in relation to asbestos in municipal water supplies.” By Wigle DT – Arch Environ Health. 1977 Jul-Aug;32(4):185-190.  Here is an excerpt: “Abstract – The mortality experience of twenty-two municipalities in Quebec grouped by evidence of exposure to asbestos fibers in water supplies (known high, possible high, and probable low exposures) was evaluated. Excess mortality due to cancer of the stomach (males), pancreas (females), and lung (males) was observed in the two municipalities with known high exposures. The excesses among males have been due to occupational exposure to asbestos. The absence of excess mortality due to pancreatic cancer among males suggested that the excess among females was not due to waterborne asbestos. The study therefore did not reveal evidence of excess cancer mortality that could be attributed to exposure to asbestos in drinking water.” Continue reading ‘Asbestos Exposure in the Water Supply and Excess Cancer Mortality’ »

Mesothelioma Lawyer

When you or a loved one receives a mesothelioma diagnosis, you should contact a mesothelioma attorney right away.Visit here http://mesotheliomatreatment-option.blogspot.com

Since the primary cause of mesothelioma is asbestos, you may be entitled to monetary compensation for the damages and the medical bills that you will soon be receiving – or have already received. Here is some information that will help you to understand what mesothelioma is and why you should not procrastinate in calling your mesothelioma lawyer.

Asbestos has been known for many decades to produce harmful effects on those who breathed it. The problem, though, is that the major industries that used asbestos, as a whole did nothing to protect their employees. Even though steps could have been taken – they were not. This is definite negligence, and in a court of law, it is often enough to be able to win a mesothelioma lawsuit. Continue reading ‘Mesothelioma Lawyer’ »