Archive for December, 2008

Hazardous material in the ship-breaking world

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Transamerica full movie The plight of ship-breaking workers is shown in Yasmine Kabir’s “The Last Rites,” a documentary about the world of ship yards.

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The documentary’s Bangladeshi director says the film is an attempt to portray the fascination she felt when she first visited the shipyards in her hometown of Chittagong and the feeling that she had of entering another reality in a city of ships.

The short film shows the excruciating work of the laborers as they dismantle ships, pulling cables, sawing off propeller fins, stacking up piles of furniture and appliances and preparing to sell off or recycle the materials.

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Between 200 and 600 large ships are taken apart each year for their valuable scrap metal. Their demolition takes place in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, because of cheap labor and lax environmental laws.

Health and safety conditions are poor. Laborers work on ships containing asbestos, oil sludge, and other toxic substances without protection.

Mesothelioma killed plumber

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Alan Howells died at the age of 56 after being diagnosed with the rare and deadly asbestos related cancer mesothelioma.

While most of those who are diagnosed with the fatal and painful disease worked on boats or at manufacturing plants, Alan received his asbestos exposure through his plumbing work. Alan began working as a plumber at the age of 15 and was exposed to asbestos over the course of his career on a regular basis, including when he mixed cement and used it to install pipes and boilers into homes and buildings.

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Neither Alan nor his wife Anna said they knew about the dangers of asbestos exposure when Alan began his job as a plumber, and Alan’s widow fears for he safety of her children in case they suffered secondary asbestos exposure from the fibers and dust on her late husband’s clothes and skin.

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Mesothelioma is a cancer  that afflicts the membrane that surrounds the heart, lungs and bowels. Because it is difficult to diagnose, the diagnosis is usually a death sentence. The only known, proven cause of mesothelioma cancer is asbestos exposure.

If you or some one you love has been diagnoses with mesothelioma, it is important to expolore  the resources available to you. Contact an experienced mesothelioma attorney who can help you with professional guidance.

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Fort Bragg soldiers possibly exposed to asbestos

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Evan Colchiski, the father of a soldier who is currently stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina has told the media that the Army “badly handled” the asbestos contamination in an Army barrack last week.

Crews were working on the barracks and discovered asbestos tiles.

The Devil’s Rejects movies The Maltese Falcon film Three Kings hd According to Colchiski, soldiers may have inhaled asbestos fibers that were transferred through the heating vents after asbestos-containing floor tiles were ripped up.

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Lt. Col. Clarence Counts, a public affairs officer at the base, said an unknown number of soldiers removed floor tiles last week and the tiles are now being tested to see if they contain contaminants. Counts has said that environmental officials have sealed and cleaned the contaminated barrack.

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The barrack was built during the Vietnam War, and is in the midst of renovations. Soldiers who ripped up tiles were not given masks or other safety equipment to protect them from the potentially hazardous asbestos dust in the air.

Colchiski claims to have had a sample of the floor tiles tested in a laboratory and staed that the sampled contained over 25% asbestos.