Asbestos

• LIBBY, Mont., Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Asbestos Related Disease is pleased to announce that Scientia has recently published an article, A Novel Autoimmune Disease Linked to Asbestos Exposure, which looks at the association between the asbestos found in Libby, Montana and autoimmune disease in those environmentally exposed to it.
• "Scientia is a series of research publications covering important issues in science, education and technology, with the sole aim of bridging the gap between science, education, policy, research, government and the private sector.
• The key aim of Scientia is not to change or challenge the traditional scientific publishing format; instead, we aim to complement this accepted form of dissemination – speaking in a new, easy-to-understand language.
• The publication is based on the work of frequent CARD collaborator Dr. Jean Pfau, a partially retired microbiologist and immunotoxicologist at Montana State University.

• Although risk assessment and management procedures try to account for hazards in a systematic way, they often overlook risks arising from incremental and seemingly insignificant environmental changes.
• But over time, or when aggregated, incremental changes can lead to significant impacts on human health and wellbeing.
• Incremental changes in our environments can evade regulation if their effects are slow-burning, uncertain, or there is a time lag between cause and effect.
• However, given the requirement for significant change, it is hard to see how these provisions could be used proactively to manage incremental changes.

Respirable mineral dust

• They can gradually accumulate in the lungs, causing diseases such as pleural changes, silicosis and asbestosis, even cancer.
• However, the causes of frequent but low-level exposures to mineral dust have often escaped regulation.

Cumulative effects of incremental loss of green space

• Our built environment of impermeable surfaces is slowly encroaching on urban green spaces and gardens.
• Instead, consent applications are assessed on their individual impacts and there are few mechanisms to sufficiently assess and manage aggregate and cumulative effects.

What needs to happen

• If we continue to only consider the immediate and local effects from individual actions, we are not able to protect people from future cumulative consequences.
• Marc Tadaki receives funding from Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
• Martin Brook receives funding from Royal Society Te Apārangi, Toka Tū Ake EQC, and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
• He is a chartered geologist (CGeol) with the Geological Society of London, and a member of Engineering New Zealand (MEngNZ).

• THETFORD MINES, QC, July 13, 2023 /CNW/ - Mazarin Inc. (MAZ.H) and its subsidiary, Asbestos Corporation Limited (AB.H), announce the acquisition by Asbestos Corporation of an industrial demonstration plant, located in Thetford Mines, from Dundee Sustainable Technologies.
• The plant we have just acquired has hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical, grinding and crushing facilities having a nominal capacity up to 5,000 tons per year.
• Mazarin Inc. and Asbestos Corporation Limited are two natural resource companies whose focus in on the development of industrial minerals in order to provide value-added products that meet the criteria of customers worldwide with regard to performance and economic and ecological concerns.
• Asbestos Corporation Limited's shares trade on the NEX Board of TSX Venture Exchange under the stock symbol AB.H.

• FORT WORTH, Texas, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EIS Holdings, LLC (EIS), one of the largest providers of mission-critical environmental and infrastructure services, announced today the acquisition of Cason Environmental & Demolition Services, LLC, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida.
• In addition to Advanced Environmental Technologies (AET), and Simpson Environmental Services, Cason becomes the third Florida based business for the EIS Family of Companies.
• Cason Environmental will operate under the Simpson Environmental brand, expanding geographic reach to provide full-service environmental and demolition services from Pensacola to Miami, Florida.
• "Cason Environmental has a strong reputation in the industry for providing high-quality environmental and demolition services and we are excited to welcome them to the EIS Family of Companies," stated Kory Mitchell, EIS CEO.