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Lung Mineral Fibers of Former Miners and Millers from Thetford-Mines and Asbestos Regions: A Comparative Study of Fiber Concentration and Dimension

DEPOSITS OF CHRYSOTILE were noted in the Eastern Township region of Quebec in 1847. However, the modern asbestos industry dates from the discovery of large deposits of chrysotile fiber in Quebec in the 1870s.[1,2] Exploitation of chrysotile on a commercial scale began at the end of the 19th century in two regions: (1) Thetford-Mines, and (2) Asbestos.[2] The Quebec asbestos mining region expanded around the towns of Thetford-Mines and Asbestos over the years. Many companies started mining in and around Thetford-Mines region, and the town was renamed Thetford-Mines[2] Several mills were also established. Asbestos in Thetford-Mines was explored by 21

NY family says talc caused deaths

Relatives of a 67-year-old man filed a lawsuit Monday against a mining company after he became the third family member to die from a rare cancer he allegedly contracted from exposure to asbestos-tainted talc.The death of Donald Lozo in August 2005 from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma 'is a statistical improbability' unless he contracted it from exposure to talc while working for the Carbola Talc Mine east of Watertown, said Patrick Timmins, the attorney representing Lozo's estate.The mine ceased operations in the early 1970s and its assets and liabilities now belong to R.T. Vanderbilt Co. of Norwalk, Ct., according to the

Compensation battle

The word asbestos strikes a note of horror for hundreds of families bereaved through its related illness - we find out what industrial compensation those families may or may not be entitled to... Most of the heavy industry that helped to drive the industrial revolution, and which dominated the lives of people in the north, has now disappeared. The furnaces, shipyards, mines, and factories replaced - in many cases - with squeaky clean shopping centres and glass-fronted office blocks. But the legacy of that industrial past is still with us, and in some cases it's deadly. Once, before its terrible

Asbestos Debate Re-emerges in Dispute Over Building Hazard

LEAD: A SPIRITED argument among scientists over the health risks of asbestos has reopened an important environmental health issue once thought settled, sowing doubt and confusion about how to deal with asbestos in schools and other buildings. A SPIRITED argument among scientists over the health risks of asbestos has reopened an important environmental health issue once thought settled, sowing doubt and confusion about how to deal with asbestos in schools and other buildings. The issue erupted most recently at a scientific conference this month in New York, where some public health officials expressed fears that the new debate over asbestos

James Hardie accused of evading asbestos liability

James Hardie, the former Australian building products giant now based in the Netherlands, today reported a bumper half-yearly profit of $94 million. Shareholders might be pleased, but it's a profit critics say is immoral and should be illegal. Thousands of Australians who worked for James Hardie and other asbestos companies, or used asbestos fibro in their home or workplace, are now dead or dying from exposure to the deadly asbestos, and tens of thousands more are predicted to die. Hardie stopped using asbestos 17 years ago. Two years ago, it cast aside its former asbestos subsidiaries, placing them in the control of a