The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) applauds both Senator Gloria Romero for authoring SB 624 and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources for passing this legislation to remove serpentine, the host rock of asbestos, as California’s official state rock, supporting the eradication of asbestos to promote public health.
“ADAO dedicates our efforts on this campaign to Army Archerd, prolific Daily Variety journalist who died from mesothelioma in September 2009”
“California has the highest rate of mesothelioma deaths in the nation,” said Senator Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angeles). “This bill is about raising awareness to protect the health of our citizens. Serpentine contains asbestos, a known carcinogen. Toxic materials have no place serving as emblems for the State.”….. (more…)
Multiple myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. Plasma cells help the body’s immune system fight disease by producing substances called antibodies. In multiple myeloma, plasma cells grow out of control and form tumors in the bone marrow.
The excess growth of plasma cells interferes with the body’s ability to make red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. This causes anemia, which makes a person more likely to get infections and have abnormal bleeding.
As the cancer cells grow in the bone marrow, they can cause pain and destruction of the bones. If the bones in the spine are affected, it can put pressure on the nerves, resulting in numbness or paralysis….. (more…)
Colorado has the lowest rate of adult obesity of any state in the nation, according to a report issued Tuesday. The annual report — “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010” — comes from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
According to the study, Colorado’s adult obesity rate is 19.1 percent. It is the only state with an obesity rate under 20 percent. By comparison, 38 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia have obesity rates over 25 percent. The report notes that Colorado is among 20 states that have nutritional standards for school lunches, breakfasts, and snacks that are stricter than U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements.
But it says Colorado is among 30 states that have not passed requirements for body-mass index screenings of children and adolescents or legislation requiring other forms of weight-related assessments in schools….. (more…)
Have you ever wondered why some chain smokers are lucky enough to get away without certain side effects, like lung cancer? While there are other poor souls just might get lung cancer without ever having smoked a single cigarette in their whole lives?
The truth is, smoking will merely increase your chances of getting lung cancer. But that doesn’t mean that smoking cigarettes is a 100 percent guaranteed way of contracting cancer. So what are the factors that trigger lung cancer, in addition to smoking? Or is there no correlation between the two?
Lung cancer is a disease that kills more than a million people annually. It is also the most common form of cancer, that is, more people will die from lung cancer than from any other type of cancer. Statistics tell us that 90 percent of lung cancer cases occur in smokers, that is to say, only 1 in 10 non-smokers are affected by lung cancer. But the real question to ask is: how many smokers are ultimately diagnosed with lung cancer?….. (more…)
