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Precautions for asbestos exposure victims with various lung diseases during the coronavirus pandemic
5 Sep 2020, 6:29 am
Exposure to asbestos occurs when one inhales or ingests toxic fibers from the air. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 10:59 am
But consumer-advocacy group Free Press subsequently pointed out that the numbers were skewed by an ISP called BarrierFree suddenly "claim[ing] deployment of fiber-to-the-home and fixed wireless services (each at downstream/upstream speeds of 940mbps/880mbps) to census blocks containing nearly 62 million persons. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 3:08 pm
And while the United States desperately needs to play catch up, the House of Representatives recently passed a plan that would effectively deliver a fiber connection to every American household—showing a growing awareness of the need to build the infrastructure. [read post]
10 Aug 2020, 2:24 am
The mean ambient asbestos fiber (all types) concentration on ships has been measured to be 0.008 fibers/cubic centimeter, well below the current OSHA permissible exposure limit for asbestos.[13] Of course, these levels would be higher at times and places when the Navy required workers to maintain pumps, blowers, or turbines, but only the Navy would know what asbestos levels it was generating by its required work. [read post]
8 Aug 2020, 4:23 am
The Navy’s conference was held concurrently with conferences of the Industrial Medical Association, and the American Conference of Industrial Hygiene Association. [read post]
5 Aug 2020, 2:25 pm
When the average North American city already enjoys speeds averaging 250/250 mbps for its wealthier residents (which stems from upgraded cable vs fiber competition), Californians should soundly reject attempts to spend 100s of millions of dollars on 25/3 mbps for low-income and rural areas. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 8:03 am
“The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up. [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 9:48 am
Already, the data shows that the average North American city today enjoys broadband speeds in excess of 250/250 mbps . [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 6:01 am
The internet relies on a relatively tiny number of fiber optic cables that transmit the majority of international traffic. [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 4:34 am
A study published in 1994, in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that asbestos workers were 1.4 more predisposed to developing this type of cancer. [read post]
19 Jul 2020, 2:18 pm
Years later, many of these victims developed serious diseases, along with their family members who also got sick from the asbestos fibers they were bringing home on their clothes and hair. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 11:36 am
Depressingly, the American government’s definition means ISPs get away with offering very poor levels of “broadband. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 2:43 am
In contrast, chrysotile, the type of asbestos fiber widely used in the American asbestos industry, was imported at a level of 165,000 tons in 1935 and 650,000 tons in 1962.5” Selikoff thus chose to paint the mesothelioma problem as a dichotomy between blue asbestos and chrysotile, while leaving amosite out of the analysis completely. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 3:54 am
According to the American Thoracic Society, less than 5% of lung nodules are actually cancerous. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 10:15 pm
In 1980, a similar study by the American College of Chest Physicians examined 37 people who passed away due to pulmonary diseases caused by asbestos exposure. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 10:15 pm
In 1980, a similar study by the American College of Chest Physicians examined 37 people who passed away due to pulmonary diseases caused by asbestos exposure. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 3:46 am
Every year, 12 million Americans receive a COPD diagnosis, approximately 5% of whom develop it as a result of asbestos exposure. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 3:46 am
Every year, 12 million Americans receive a COPD diagnosis, approximately 5% of whom develop it as a result of asbestos exposure. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 6:58 am
As per the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the average monthly cost of care was over $10,600 in the case of a newly diagnosed gastric cancer and included hospitalization, physician visits, laboratory fees, and medicines during the first year. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 10:32 am
This would ensure that the multi-gigabit innovations in applications and services can be created in the United States and also used by all Americans. [read post]
