Dr. Davis talks about asbestos

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Devra L. Davis, PhD, MPH

Designated a National Book Award Finalist for When Smoke Ran Like Water (2002, Basic Books), Devra Davis is Director of the world's first Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health. Her recent book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, was a top pick by Newsweek and is being used at major schools of public health, including Harvard, Emory, and Tulane University. The multidisciplinary Center for Environmental Oncology includes experts in medicine, basic research, engineering and public policy, who will develop cutting-edge studies to identify the causes of cancer and propose policies to reduce the risks of the disease.

Dr. Davis's career has spanned all areas of academia, public policy, and scientific research. President Clinton appointed the Honorable Dr. Davis to the newly established Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, (1994-99) an independent executive branch agency that investigates, prevents, and mitigates chemical accidents. As the former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, she has counseled leading officials in the United States, United Nations, World Health Organization, and World Bank. She also served as a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—the group awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Dr. Davis holds a B.S. in physiological psychology and a M.A. in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a Ph.D. in science studies at the University of Chicago as a Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellow and a M.P.H. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University as a Senior National Cancer Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow. She has also authored more than 170 publications in books and journals ranging from the Lancet and Journal of the American Medical Association to Scientific American and the New York Times.

Honored for her research and public policy work by various national and international groups, she is member of both the American Colleges of Toxicology and of Epidemiology. She was honored by the Betty Ford Comprehensive Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society with the Breast Cancer Awareness Award, commended by the Director of the National Cancer Institute for Outstanding Service, and has recently been appointed a Global Environmental advisor to Newsweek Magazine.

She recently was the recipient of a Women's Leadership Exchange Compass Award, presented by OPEN: The Small Business Network from American Express, for breaking the paradigms of how women are perceived over the last ten years.

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[Achuara]

@iateyourgranny : Glad to give you happy news! CFC, Freons are still happily being used in refrigerators and air conditioners in 3rd World Countries -Mi Brazilian made Whirlpool uses F-12 and only one compressor for providing tropical freezing conditions. China also builds and sells worldwide 100s of millions of fridges with F-1, F12, etc, iar conditioners, etc... People in the US: you bought the chicken little story of an ozone hole and YOU'VE BEEN HAD!!!

[iateyourgranny]

@Achuara so you're saying white asbestos is not safe, something we can both agree on then. And I am pretty sure the link between CFC's and ozone depletion has long been established, due to which they don't use them in refrigerators anymore. [insert similar condemning statement about DDT here]

[Achuara]

Canada and Italy have cities close to asbestos quarries and people there do not show any sign of asbestosis or mesothelioma. I am sorry buty I have no time to waste educating you. Mesothelioma is indeed a very rare disease, and in Argentina, where I live, statistics show no cases of mesothelioma among mechanics or people working in the concrete-asbestos industry, which is a big industry down here for making water tanks for homes. Lawsuits is a big business in USA, and false claims are succesful.

[Achuara]

@iateyourgranny - I didn't say white asbestos is "safe". I said there is no scientific evidence that it is linked to mesothelioma. Blue asbestos is. Liifelong expsure to white asbestos fibers in the air will lead to asbestosis, a lung hardening similar to silicosis. If asbestos is left in place and not disturbed it poses no risk to people. But your're living in a cave if you believe that CFC have "destroyed" the ozone layer, or that DDT is linked to cancer or other ilnesses.

[iateyourgranny]

@Achuara who's this caveman who thinks mercury isn't poisonous, CFC hasn't destroyed the ozone layer, CO2 is not a greenhouse gas and DDT is safe?!

[iateyourgranny]

I would like to see a video of Achuara inhaling white asbestos, after which I might reconsider how safe it is.

[iateyourgranny]

@Achuara so.. what does this "new knowledge" say about asbestos risk?

[evillurkswithinusall]

Achura, I have to ask you, if chrysotile is not a risk how do you explain auto mechanics who have worked with brakes and clutches dying of mesothelioma? If you go into Google archives and look up auto mechanics and mesothelioma more than enough articles come up describing individuals who have worked with brake pads and clutches (which contain chrysotile fibers) dying of mesothelioma. There have been lawsuits over this. Are you telling me that white asbestos doesn't cause mesothelioma at all?

[Achuara]

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[Achuara]

@evillurkswithinusall : Advances in risk assessment methodology and analytical techniques, together with reevaluation of historical data, reveal that the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approach for risk assessment of asbestosis is not in step with current scientific consensus, particularly for chrysotile fibers. In recent years, new knowledge about how asbestos risk can be more accurately and quantitatively determined has been generated.