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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nanotubes May Be As Dangerous As Asbestos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as if Nanotubes may pose similar health risks as asbestos.  Discovered in 1991, Nanotubes are basically rolled-up carbon sheets—tiny, super-strong carbon fibers—used to produce materials much lighter and stronger than steel.  Nanotubes are found in a variety of common products, such as tennis rackets.
Scientists have long wondered whether needle-shaped Nanotubes might cause similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPA Implicated in Health Problems, US Report Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bisphenol A, or BPA—a fairly ubiquitous chemical used in polycarbonate plastic products, including baby bottles and metal can coatings could be linked to a range of hormonal problems—according to a recent and preliminary government report developed by a group of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FEMA Offers Refunds on Toxic Trailers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will offer refunds to people who bought toxic FEMA trailers.  The toxic FEMA trailers issued to Hurricane Katrina survivors are contaminated with formaldehyde.  FEMA’s prior recommendation for fixing the problem was for families to open windows and turn on the air conditioner.  Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asbestos Whistleblower Says He Was Demoted by New York City Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An asbestos whistleblower is claiming that has been demoted for speaking out about asbestos problems at New York City schools. According to a press release from his lawyer, John Kielbasa, a 22-year veteran steamfitter for the New York City Department of Education (DOE) has been reassigned to sweeping warehouse floors.  Nicknamed the “Serpico of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSI Fingerprint Toy Pulled from Connecticut Stores Due to Asbestos Contamination</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2240</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of the CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit have been halted by the Department of Consumer Protection in Connecticut, which is alerting consumers to return the dangerous asbestos-laden toy to the original place of purchase.  “With the success of crime shows like CSI, it&#8217;s no surprise that kids want to get in on the excitement by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asbestos Found in Toys, Other Products, Consumer Group Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Asbestos is present in many toys and consumer products, according to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.  The group, the nation&#8217;s largest asbestos victim&#8217;s organization, was created in 2004 by asbestos victims and their families, and has spent over $165,000 for government-certified laboratories to examine hundreds of consumer products and to determine asbestos contamination. 
Studies confirm that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Con Edison says Steam Pipe Involved in New York City Explosion Repaired in March, Inspected Morning of Blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday’s violent New York City steam pipe explosion has raised questions regarding Con Edison’s maintenance of the pipe network that runs under the city.  And apparently, the steam pipes under 41st Street and Lexington Avenue, the site the massive underground explosion, had been the subject of concern for some time.  According to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asbestos Found in New York City Steam Pipe Explosion Debris</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asbestos has been found in the debris left behind from the New York City Con Edison steam pipe explosion that rocked Manhattan yesterday.  Officials for the city’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) said in a press release that more than half of the debris samples taken from the site of the steam pipe explosion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Rocked by Underground Steam Pipe Explosion.  One Dead More than 30 Injured, Four Critically</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A steam pipe used by Con Edison in New York City violently exploded yesterday, injuring more than 30 people, and leaving one dead.   The force of the explosion in Manhattan left a 25-foot crater in the NYC street and sent a giant plume of steam and debris hundreds of feet into the air.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Trade Center Rescue Workers Made Ill from Toxic Dust Finally Hear from Former EPA Head, Christine Todd Whitman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Trade Center rescue workers, many of them sickened by contaminated dust, finally had a chance to hear from former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Christine Todd Whitman at a congressional hearing investigating the governmentâ€™s response to the terrorist attacks.  Many first-responders hold Whitman and the EPA responsible for health problems theyâ€™ve suffered since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly World Trade Center Dust Killing Rescue Workers and Residents; Misleading EPA Information Didnâ€™t Help Situation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1591</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word Trade Center rescue workers and lower Manhattan residents were exposed to deadly dust due to misleading Information from the EPA.  A report is shedding new light on misleading EPA claims in the wake of the 9/11 terrorism attacks on New York City.  According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), residents of Lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Suffers Potential Legal Setback in Vioxx Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1389</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what may be a devastating blow to drug maker Merck, a New Jersey appeals court overturned a lower courtâ€™s decision to dismiss a proposed class-action suit against the company. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel declared that the lower court â€œprematurely terminated plaintiffsâ€™ opportunityâ€ for legal recourse and must reconsider the case.
The proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important Mesothelioma Research Foundation Receives Federal Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1221</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, federal funds have been given to a nonprofit group dedicated to eradicating mesothelioma. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation), said it receivedÂ  federal research funding from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program and National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH). Mesothelioma is a deadly disease [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autopsy Confirms NYPD Detective Died As A Result of Rescue and Recovery Work at Ground Zero</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1075</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much the same way the U.S. government denied the chemical defoliant Agent Orange was the cause of widespread deaths and cancer among military personnel returning from Viet Nam, the City of New York and the New York City Police Department have repeatedly refused to recognize that hundreds, if not thousands, of rescue and recovery workers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 Continues to Claim Victims among Rescue and Recovery Workers As Well As Children Born Near Ground Zero</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1069</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gaping hole in lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center (WTC) towers once stood is a grim reminder of that sunny September day in 2001 that shook the world. The physical scars, however, are not the only reminders of 9/11 that continue to haunt those who were caught in, or responded to, the terrorist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Risk of Mesothelioma from Environmental Exposure to Volcanic Mineral (Erionite) Even Greater than that Associated with Asbestos â€“ Study</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1005</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the often fatal cancer known as mesothelioma is almost always associated with asbestos, a new study has found that environmental exposure to a (nonasbestos) volcanic mineral, erionite, may be just as dangerous.
The study, published in the March 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institutefound a high incidence of mesothelioma among people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serevent Exposes Blacks to Higher Risk of Asthma-Related Death â€“ Study</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/869</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study has found that GlaxoSmithKlineâ€™s (GSK) popular asthma drug, Serevent, (salmeterol), exposes African-American patients to a higher risk of asthma-related death.
The study was led by Dr. Harold S. Nelson, professor of medicine, allergy and immunology at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado.
Serevent is a member of the beta agonist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly Risks Associated with Asbestos Have Failed to Stop Its Use in U.S. and Around the World</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/817</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, the U.S. Senate is debating a bill (S.852) that would establish a 30-year, $140 billion asbestos victimsâ€™ compensation trust fund that, in essence, would eliminate asbestos lawsuits and create a 30-year fund financed by companies facing litigation and their insurers. Victims would lose their right to sue for compensation and would be required to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court of Oregon Upholds $79.5 Million in Punitive Damages against Philip Morris</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/783</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ongoing war between those who have suffered the deadly ill-effects of smoking and the tobacco industry, there have been victories and defeats for each side. Big Tobacco has staunchly defended itself in a case-by-case approach refusing to settle individual claims much the same way Merck has chosen to fight the thousands of lawsuits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The March of Dimes Reports Over Eight Million Children Born with Birth Defects Worldwide Each Year</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/778</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what is being called â€œthe first in-depth analysis of the global impact of birth defects,â€ by a number of sources like HealthDay News, the March of Dimes is reporting that over 8 million children worldwide are born with a serious genetic or partly genetic birth defect each year.
The report, titled The March of Dimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EFFECTS OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS IS THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/577</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An international scientific conference, Occupational and Environmental Exposures of Skin to Chemicals-2005, is taking place this week in Stockholm, Sweden. More than 200 participants from around the world will discuss skin exposure to toxic, irritant, and allergenic chemicals in the workplace and the non-occupational environment. The group will also discuss ways to minimize exposure and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIVE-YEAR STUDY SUGGESTS VITAMIN E-RELATED COMPOUND MAY KILL CANCER CELLS CAUSED BY ASBESTOS RELATED MESOTHELIOMA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2005 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mesothelioma is a highly aggressive cancer found in the lining of the chest, the abdominal cavity, and area around the heart.
It is primarily caused by exposure to airborne asbestos particles and has a latency period of between 30 and 40 years (some experts put the latency period at up to 50 years). This form of [...]]]></description>
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