Mesothelioma Fundraiser – Walk a Cause

Miles for Meso is a program conducted for cancer awareness and research. It is a 5k race with attractive cash prizes. This walk/run will be not only fun but also educational. Whatever be your age or athletic capacity, you can participate in this event as it is targeted towards creating mesothelioma awareness in society and whatever little you do is sure to impact the cause.

Miles for Meso – More Info

Who?

The ‘Miles for Meso’ race is being presented by the Simmons Law firm and 100% of the registration fees and donations will benefit the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. This non-profit organization is deeply involved in research to discover and invent better treatment options for this terrible cancer. It has vowed to end the saga of mesothelioma as a life-ending disease. The Simmons Law firm is well known for their determination and passion towards the mesothelioma eradication cause. They have handled innumerable mesothelioma cases and have seen the victims suffering closely. Moved by their plight, the firm has vowed to raise $15 million towards cancer research.

When & Where?

Two races will be conducted –

• The Race at Alton, Illinois on September 26 and
• The Race at St. Louis, Missouri on October 11.

How?

If you are wondering in which to participate, then my best advice would be both. Just think of all the following goodies and I am sure you are going to do just that!

• The first day in Alton you can get a high-tech full sleeved running t-shirt.
• Then, you register at a reduced fee in Alton for the St. Louis race and get a branded water-bottle.
• Next, on the race day at St. Louis, get a branded gear bag.

The registration fee is $15 till September 16 and $20 after that. If you decide to register on the day of the event, the fee would be $25. Already 200 people have registered for the race. So, hurry! You can register yourself online at http://www.milesformesothelioma.org/. Remember, all the collected funds go towards Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation.

Why to participate?

If you are still wondering whether you should participate, then I would like to remind you again about mesothelioma. This terrible form of lung cancer has no cure and results only in death. While people can protect and prevent its onslaught, there is no way they can get themselves cured of it. So, lots of awareness about this disease needs to be created and funds are necessary for the same. So, be huge-hearted and contribute to the ‘miles for meso’ run even if you are not planning to participate in the same. It is all for a good cause.

HEALTH ALERT: ABSESTOS SAFETY- call for action worldwide

The recent fire breakout in the premises of a building in Texas (click here for details of news) has caused the emittance of the well-known cancer causing compound-asbestos. Residents are instructed to stay away for the next six months.

This is alarming not just for them, but for the entire nation as the rate of diagnosis of mesothelioma rises.

Asbestos, known for causing a deadly form of cancer-mesothelioma which, if not diagnosed early, proves fatal. It is waterborne as well as airborne and asbestos safety warnings are spreading through media as well as health organizations.

The discovery of the hazardous effects of asbestos in the 1960s caused uproar countrywide and litigations rose against companies who used asbestos-containing products. The heavy fines, however, could not compensate for the resultant numerous deaths, which continue to rise.

Presently, the awareness that the presence of asbestos resulting in mesothelioma cancer, is not only limited to miners and factory workers, but also exposed through household products, toys, building material and chemical products.

Countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom have imposed ban on the use of asbestos and citizens’ campaigning has risen to promote asbestos safety.

A major concern that has yet to be voiced is against one country that exports on a massive scale production range from toys to heavy duty machinery throughout the world and legal action could cost them heavily as well the large multinational corporations whose orders are placed with them.

The government, at its discretion, has taken precautionary measures by ordering companies whose products that have tested positive for asbestos after laboratory tests, to take their product off the market.

However, due to this discretion, companies continue to use asbestos and import them to places where the ban is yet to be imposed. The absence of a public message warning people against the use of asbestos containing products is of grave concern.

Advice on asbestos safety measures must be dealt with immediately before its too late!