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23, 2006 Ellen Gray | a dream come true IF YOU WERE anywhere near Haldeman Avenue and Montour Street in Bustleton yesterday, you might have wondered about the police roadblocks that limited access from every direction, starting as far away as Red Lion Road.

Or about the very big motorcoach and the trucks, large and small, lining both sides of Haldeman.

Not to mention the row of portable toilets that got dropped off on Montour early in the afternoon and the white stretch SUV that pulled up outside one raised rancher, ready to whisk away the home's occupants to an undisclosed, but presumably warmer, location.

Let's just say ABC doesn't call it "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for nothing.

Yes, television's most helpful "reality" show has landed in Philadelphia, and no matter how much you love it, unless you're a very sound sleeper, you're probably better off not having it land too close to your back yard.

Because ...

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... Increased Risk of Mesothelioma from Environmental Exposure to Volcanic Mineral (Erionite) Even Greater than that Associated with Asbestos – Study News Inferno - Let The Truth Be Told Categories Partnerships Contact Us Increased Risk of Mesothelioma from Environmental Exposure to Volcanic Mineral (Erionite) Even Greater than that Associated with Asbestos – Study Date Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 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 living in a region of Turkey where erionite is plentiful and commonly used in construction and produce storage rooms.

Previous reports suggest that erionite exposure is associated with a higher risk of cancer development than any other natural mineral fiber tested.

The researchers from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, followed 891 people age 20 years and older in three Turkish villages for 23 years.

Two of the villages were exposed to erionite and one (the control) was not.

During this period, 372 deaths occurred, and 119 of these deaths occurred from mesothelioma.

That figure represented 44.5% of all deaths in the two villages with erionite exposure.

Only two...