Asbestos Cancer

... Not all asbestos victims to be compensated : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) Subscribe JAPANESE Home National Sports Business World Features Columns Editorial Top Cabinet Lineup Home>National Weather Editorials(audio) Not all asbestos victims to be compensated The Yomiuri Shimbun The government began accepting applications for compensation related to asbestos-linked diseases Monday in advance of a new law, which goes into effect Monday, to provide financial aid to sufferers of the diseases.

However, the new law may not bring relief to everyone, as sufferers of asbestos-connected ailments in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, who prompted the central government to legislate the compensation law, are expected to be ineligible for the money.

Sufferers and their families visited the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency in Kawasaki, a healthcare center in Amagasaki and other locations to apply for the compensation.

Applications will be accepted over the next three years and can be sent by mail.

Those approved by the end of this month will begin receiving monthly compensation from April.

Environment Minister Yuriko Koike visited the agency's headquarters Monday morning and fielded questions about the system by telephone.

It was discovered in June that people living or working near Kubota Corp.'s former Kanzaki factory in Amagasaki were suffering from mesothelioma cancer believed to be caused by asbestos emitted by the factory.

The discovery incre...

... Health Journal: The case against vitamins Health & Science Previous Articles Health Medicare Science Environment Health Journal: The case against vitamins Monday, March 20, 2006 By Tara Parker-Pope, The Wall Street Journal Every day, millions of Americans gobble down fistfuls of vitamins in a bid to ward off ill health.

They swallow megadoses of vitamin C in hopes of boosting their immune systems, B vitamins to protect their hearts, and vitamin E, beta carotene and other antioxidants to fight cancer.

It's estimated that 70 percent of American households buy vitamins.

Annual spending on vitamins reached $7 billion last year, according to industry figures.

But a troubling body of research is beginning to suggest that vitamin supplements may be doing more harm than good.

Over the past several years, studies that were expected to prove dramatic benefits from vitamin use have instead shown the opposite.

Beta carotene was seen as a cancer fighter, but it appeared to promote lung cancer in a study of former smokers.

Too much vitamin A, sometimes taken to boost the immune system, can increase a woman's risk for hip fracture.

A study of whether vitamin E improved heart health showed higher rates of congestive heart failure among vitamin users.

And there are growing concerns that antioxidants, long viewed as cancer fighters, may actually promote some cancer and interfere with treatments.

Last summer, the prestigious Medical Letter, a nonprofit group that studies t...

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