| Asbestos sufferers
The government has announced moves to speed up compensation claims for cancer sufferers struck down after being exposed to asbestos.
In a written ministerial statement, John Hutton, Work and Pensions Secretary, unveiled a series of measures to ensure those suffering from mesothelioma would receive their money before they died.
The move was widely welcomed by support groups and MPs who have long campaigned on behalf of sufferers and their families.
Mr Hutton said he was determined to find a long-term solution to the issue but interim measures to speed up the claims process would be put into action immediately.
Around 1800 people are currently diagnosed with mesothelioma each year, and as many as 2400 people could die from it annually by 2013.
But while the disease has a long latency period, people typically die within 12 to 18 months of diagnosis.
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Alfacell Corporation Announces Common Stock and Warrant Offering ...
BLOOMFIELD, N.J., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL - News) announced today that the Company has closed a private equity placement led by ProMed Management, Inc. and several other select institutional and individual investors to purchase 6,457,172 shares of its common stock at a price of $1.75 per share. Additionally, the Company issued to the investors two sets of Warrants as set forth and described below: The offering provided gross proceeds of approximately $11.3 million to Alfacell before deducting certain fees and expenses. The proceeds of the financing will be used for general corporate purposes and, most importantly, to support the Company's three-year strategic plan. Concurrent with the purchase agreement with the investors in the financing, the Company agreed to amend currently outstanding warrants to purchase 1,374,585 shares held by certain investors in the financing.
Mapping asbestos the cause of Mesothelioma
Following in the footsteps of other counties, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District released a map for eastern Sacramento County that shows areas more likely to contain naturally occurring asbestos, including parts of Folsom.Looking at geologic rock formations where naturally occurring asbestos is more likely to be found, the map is an updated and expanded version of an August 2005 map by the California Geological Survey. Air district officials say they have been addressing health concerns about NOA for several years, primarily in Folsom."Sacramento County and the air district at times were not aware of any naturally occurring asbestos in our county," said AQMD division manager Dave Grose. "We were well aware that El Dorado County had some."That changed during a routine site inspection of the Lago Vista High School campus in 2004, in which the Department of Toxic Substances Control discovered levels of NOA.
Despite dangers, a few factories in the North are open
Yona Fertouk, the head of the Histadrut labor union in Upper Galilee, is caught between a rock and a hard place. According to Home Command instructions, everyone living in confrontation line communities must stay in their shelters and safe rooms except for workers in factories and services considered vital to the war effort or those receiving special permission to keep operating. Fertouk is responsible for all workers belonging to the Histadrut in his area, which includes Kiryat Shmona, Hatzor and Safed. On one hand, he is responsible for their safety and well-being. On the other, he is responsible for making sure they have jobs. "What am I supposed to do in this situation?" he asked. "Should I take into account that the factory has to stay afloat so that the workers will have jobs after the fighting is over, or should I think only about the threat to lives now when they go to work? Where do I find the right balance?" All in all, Fertouk has taken a cautious approach.
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