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AVASA
Saturday, 06 March 2021
DREAM3R - New Mesothelioma Trial opens at Flinders Medical Centre
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Research into the treatment of mesothelioma is ongoing, although progress has been slow. The latest ...
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021
ADRI named WHO Collaborating Centre in World First
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Below is a Media Release from Asbestos Diseases Research Institute via Medianet and a link...
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Asbestos Research Projects
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Tuesday, 22 December 2020
James Hardie urged to fund public health campaign following precedent-setting asbestos case
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Asbestos victims are urging multinational building materials company James Hardie to undertake a maj...
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
CPS Research – Qualitative Research Study into Mesothelioma
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Established in 1988, CPS Research has over 30 years' clinical trial site experience, having conducte...
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Friday, 08 May 2020
If you are unsure if something contains asbestos, do not disturb it, drill it, cut it or break it.
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If you are unsure if something contains asbestos, do not disturb it, drill it, cut it or break it. H...
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Friday, 08 May 2020
Exposure to airborne asbestos fibres may cause life-threatening illnesses like cancer and deadly mesothelioma.
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Exposure to airborne asbestos fibres may cause life-threatening illnesses like cancer and dead...
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Friday, 08 May 2020
Asbestos becomes dangerous once the fibres are disturbed
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Asbestos becomes dangerous once the fibres are disturbed, become airborne and then inhaled. Th...
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Sunday, 28 April 2019
ADRI - the Asbestos Disease Research Institute
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AVA takes a keen interest on asbestos disease research and stays in touch with asbestos support...
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AVASA
Friday, 01 February 2019
ASBESTOS - DON'T TAKE THE RISK!
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When asbestos fibres enter the body, they cannot be expelled.This can cause more than one type of as...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Mesothelioma in Australia
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Two new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed every day in Australia, with one of the poore...
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Wednesday, 26 September 2018
ABC Radio Adelaide
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AVA volunteers Lesley & Maxine had a chat with Peter Goers on the evening show tonight. Th...
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Saturday, 22 September 2018
Professor Doug Henderson AO
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Professor Doug Henderson AO 19/7/1942 – 18/9/2108 Doug Henderson had a long and distinguished ...
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Friday, 19 June 2015
BHP Billiton urged to do the right thing by Whyalla asbestos victims following High Court decision
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Asbestos Victims Association Media Release - Friday 19 June, 2015 South Australian asbestos victims ...
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Friday, 08 November 2013
Lung Cancer caused by Asbestos Exposure
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FROM AVA's LEGAL ADVISOR ANNIE HOFFMAN Lung cancer is a condition that can be caused not only by exp...
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Tuesday, 01 October 2013
Van Soest v BHP Billiton Limited
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TOO LATE: Marcella van Soest with a photo of her husband Willem being treated in hospital for mesot...
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Tuesday, 01 October 2013
Research to end asbestos related cancer.
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Scientists from Flinders University are trying to develop a new treatment for a highly aggress...
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