Asbestos Cancer

... News & Star skip to: page content Next exclusive By Phil Coleman Chief reporter A CARLISLE primary school is at the centre of a health scare after its former headteacher died from an asbestos-related cancer.

Governors at St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic school have sought advice from Cumbria County Council on organising an asbestos survey after Ian White, 66, died from mesothelioma on Christmas Day.

In the weeks since Mr White’s death, it is believed other staff at the school were concerned enough to arrange for medical tests.

North-east Cumbria coroner David Osborne has alerted the Health & Safety Executive to Mr White’s death, and the potential presence of asbestos in the school.

Mr White retired as school head nearly five years ago after working there for 18 years.

A retired caretaker from the school has confirmed that ceilings in the school were made from asbestos tiles.

Mr White’s widow Eileen said the only asbestos she knew that her husband could have been exposed to was that in St Cuthbert’s, in Victoria Road, Botcherby.

The school, which has around 140 pupils, has refused to confirm or deny whether the tiles are still there.

Cumbria County Council confirmed that governors recently sought advice on organising an asbesto...

... Monterey County Herald Soda: The cigarettes of obesity?

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06, 2006 Soda: The cigarettes of obesity?

Studies say sugary drink consumption is a leading cause of weight gain By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press Low-fat, low-cal, low-carb.

Atkins, South Beach, The Zone.

Food fads may be distracting attention from something more insidiously piling on pounds: beverages.

One of every five calories in the American diet is liquid.

The nation's single biggest ''food'' is soda, and nutrition experts have long demonized it.

Now they are escalating the fight.

In reports to be published in science journals this week, two groups of researchers hope to add evidence to the theory that soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks don't just go hand-in-hand with obesity, but actually cause it.

Not that these drinks are the only cause - genetics, exercise ...

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NEWS ALERTS MyRedding E-mail PRINT THIS STORY | E-MAIL THIS STORY Asbestos causes concernOfficials reassure residents the dust from project on Highway 299 is monitored, safeBy Ryan Sabalow, Record SearchlightMarch 5, 2006DOUGLAS CITY — A woman whose quarry was shut down by asbestos concerns almost 10 years ago is questioning why a $3.7 million highway-widening project near the site hasn’t fallen under the same scrutiny.

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