Bulletin Board, Notes from Around the World
We have received many emails from concerned people all over the world, concerned about exposure to asbestos, the use of asbestos and the fact it is still being mined in some countries. What follows are just a few of the emails we have received over the years.
| Australia | Belgium | Brazil | Canada |
| China | Egypt | Germany | Ireland |
| Israel | Italy | Japan | Kazakhstan |
| Netherlands | New Zealand | Scotland | Spain |
| Sweden | United Kingdom | United States |
AUSTRALIA
- Gumbi-Gumbi Leaves Among Alternative Treatments - Australia
- Asbestos Fears in Western Australia - A New Wave of mesothelioma Cases - Western Australia
- Australian Labor Party in the Australian Capital Territory - Canberra, Australia
- 37-year-old Father of Four, Athlete. At Peace With His Faith - Perth, Australia
- Four Year Survivor, "Are there others?" - New Castle, Australia
- Ex-Servicewoman Sees Too Many Sailors/Officers Dying of Asbestos - Canberra, Australia
- Asbestos to be phased out - Australia
- Widow, Mother of Two Seeking Answers - Perth, Australia
- 52 Years Old with MM - Trying to Prepare for the Future - Sydney, Australia
- Asbestos Exposure from Naval Service - Perth, Australia
- "Stop these needless deaths!" - Melbourne, Australia
- Hyperthermia and Glucose Blocking Agents, A Success Story - Perth, Australia
- Of 8 Workers Exposed, 5 Die of Respiratory Diseases - Australia
- 30-year-old MM Mother, "a frightening experience" - Australia
- MM Patient Searches for Good Doctors - Melbourne, Australia
- "Specialists Down Under?" - Syndney, Australia
- Australian Asbestos Manufacturers? - Australia
- Asbestos: The Human Cost of Corporate Greed; European Union Supports Asbestos Ban (5/2/06) Brussels, Belgium
- Working for Asbestos Victims - Brazil
- Serious Asbestos Disease Epidemic - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Canada playing a dirty game: exporting asbestos.
- Asbestos, Quebec, Seeks a Healthier Name Not Linked to Cancer
- "Can you believe it?"
- "A Deadly Export " - Toronto, Canada
- Still Fighting - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Young, Educated, Wonderful Father and Husband. Loses the Battle - Ottawa, Canada
- Family Seeks Support in Fight against WCB - Ontario, Canada
- Canadian Courts Turn Blind Eye On MM Victims - Toronto, Canada
- Canadian Survives 13 Months Without Treatment - Ontario, Canada
- Canada Buries Head in Sand: Compensation Illusory - Canada
- Canadian's Aiding Us in the Battle - Montreal, Canada
- 39-Year-Old with Mesothelioma - Cairo, Egypt
- Cairo Asbestos Factory Poisoning Neighbors - Cairo, Egypt
- Websites Written in German - Germany
- Doctors Sought for MM Patient- Düsseldorf, Germany
- German Scientist in Search of Information - Germany
- "There will never be a man of his like again." - County Down, Ireland
- "A horrible disease called Mesothelioma" Takes a 60 year-old Husband and Father - Dublin, Ireland
- 53 years old, "I intend to beat this!" - Northern Ireland
- "Dad was Grossly Undercompensated!" - Limerick, Ireland
- Looking for Statistics - La Spezia Italy
- Doctor Seeking Direction for 47-year-old MM Patient - Italy
- We use a huge amount of ASBESTOS but we don't care about it, because "ASBESTOS is safe" - Japan
- 28-year-old MM Patient Seeks Help - Tokyo, Japan
- Tri-Modal Therapy in Singapore - Singapore, Japan
- No Protection for the Workers - Kazakhstan
- Asbestos-Eating Chemicals - The Netherlands
- 61-year-old MM Searching for Treatment - The Netherlands
NEW ZEALAND
- Peritonial Mesothelioma, a Search for Help - Auckland, New Zealand
- Clydeside Action on Asbestos - Glasgow, Scotland
- Medical Search from Scotland - Inverness, Scotland
- "God will pay you with happiness." - Malaga, Spain
- Peritoneal Mesothelioma - Sweden
UNITED KINGDOM
- Girl Died Because Father Was Covered in Asbestos Dust (3/4/05) - London, England
- UK and Europe About To Follow American Course - United Kingdom
- Hairdryers Can Contain Asbestos - Britain
- "Keep up your sterling work." - United Kingdom
- Help with Malignant Mesothelioma - Liverpool, England
- 64 Years Old, "Where is the Accountability?" - London, England
- 61 Years Old, Diagnosed in 1999 - "Still well enough to to have an almost normal life" - England
- Asbestos Deaths in UK Said to Be Increasing - London, England
- Major Insurer Fails - United Kingdom
- "Thank you for your information" - England
- "..helped me understand this dreadful disease." - England
- UK Asbestos Injury Lawyer Nigel Tomkins - Nottingham, UK
- "Wish I had found this site before..." - England
- Asbestos 'will kill 500,000' by 2020 - Clydebank, UK
- Served His Country and Given a "Death Sentence" - Gosport, UK
- Asbestos Time Bomb - Oxfordshire, UK
- Asbestos Disease Caused Over 3,000 Deaths a Year in the UK
- UK Doctors: Knowledge is Dangerous?
- British Naval Servicemen Seeking Compensation - Portsmouth, UK
- 62-year-old UK/USA MM Patient - Newcastle, UK
- Further Proof on Mind-Body Link - UK
- Abdominal mesothelioma Searching for Treatment - Nottingham, UK
- UK MD Searches for Treatment for Dad - Cheshire, UK
- British Doctors Avoid Surgery - Nottingham, UK
- Prepared to Travel - London, England
UNITED STATES
- "There was no protection for anyone from any airborne dust"(7/17/06)
- EPA Tests Show Excessive Levels of Asbestos Near Processing Plant (7/17/06)
- Passing of Alan Reinstein - California
- "They are getting away with murder!"
- "...she would not be alive today." - Lake Tahoe, California
- Asbestos Message on Your Web Site Helped Save a Life.
- Fibre Glass Ducts, a Health Hazard? - Tualatin, Oregon
- Son of Deceased Houston Insulator: "I hope you bankrupt the lousy bastards!" - Houston, Texas
- Alewife Study Group and W.R. Grace - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Another American Family Destroyed by JM Greed and Malice
- 83 Years old, Peritoneal and Pleural MM, "fair days and really, really bad days." - Lawton, Oklahoma
- Family Trying to Deal with Their Father's Death - Casper, Wyoming
- Libby, Montana Jury Finds WRG Liable in Wrongful Death Claim of 78 year old Woman with Household Exposure - Libby, Montana
- Veteran Virginia Judge Dies from Mesothelioma - Norfolk, Virginia
- Asbestos DeTox
- Daughter Toughing It Out for Her Hero - Topsham, Maine
- "Asbestos Companies Played Russian Roulette With My Father." - Cleveland, Ohio
- Hard Working Boilermaker and Poet-Warrior - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 732 MM Deaths in Manville - Somerset County, New Jersey
- Dr. Harvey Pass Earned Our Trust - Baltimore, Maryland
- Peritoneal Mesothelioma
- mesothelioma Patient Finds Dr. Robinson at Moffitt - Florida
- "Another Family Destroyed", Andy Roy, USS Wright
- Alternative Medicine Symposium - New York City, New York
- Former Insur. Co. Adjstr Angry at Asbestos Mftrs, - Southern California
- Roll Labor! - Houston, Texas
- Dr. Jablon's MM Patient Receiving Taxol and Carboplatin - Fresno, California
- Ho Ho Asbestos Contamination Questions - Omaha, Nebraska
- Asbestos Safety Instructor Inquiry - New York, New York
- Words of Encouragement - Atlanta, Georgia
- Father Who Died 15 Years Ago of MM: "Never Give Up!" - Astoria, Oregon
- Thanks for Website - Pennsylvania
- Message to Dr. Taub: Please Improve Bedside Manner - Yonkers, New York
- Caveat Emptor in Libby - Libby, Montana
- "Faceless, heartless, sociopathic monsters" - New Jersey
- Asbestos Located in an Automobile Repair Shop - New York
- Hope for Peritoneal Mesotheliotics! - Baltimore, Maryland
- "Only fifteen months and he was gone." - Ohio
- Mom Died so Building Owner Could Save a Buck - Johnston, Rhode Island