Tuesdays Mesothelioma Daily News (1st January 2008)

Briefs: Asbestos ruling upheld (Daily Herald)
The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a previous Cook County circuit court ruling that Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 failed to notify its insurance company in a timely manner of asbestos removal efforts carried out from the mid-1980s through the early ’90s.
Asbestos drug listed on PBS (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The drug that the late anti-asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton fought to have added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), will be cheaper for sufferers of mesothelioma from today.
Asbestos slows demolition (WCBD-TV Charleston)
Asbestos will delay demolition of the charred building where nine firefighters perished in a fire earlier this year. Brandon Martin’s company B&B Demolition Specialists was hired to demolish the Sofa Super Store.
Mesothelioma drug listed on PBS (Adelaide Now)
SUFFERERS of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma will have access to cheap treatment from today, after a long campaign to secure federal government subsidy paid off.
Asbestos disease drug gets govt subsidy (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Sufferers of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma will have access to cheap treatment, after a long campaign to secure federal government subsidy paid off.
Asbestos disease drug gets govt subsidy (The West Australian)
Sufferers of the asbestos-linked disease mesothelioma will have access to cheap treatment from Tuesday, after a long campaign to secure federal government subsidy paid off.
Asbestos disease drug gets subsidy (Herald Sun)
THE legacy of asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton was sealed today as mesothelioma victims across Australia were universally given cheap access to treatment.
Winona State faces fines over asbestos removal (Post-Bulletin)
WINONA – Winona State University faces a proposed fine of $24,500 for seven workplace safety violations related to the removal of asbestos, the state Occupational Safety and Health Division announced