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Asbestos Company to Disclose Data underlying Its Experts’ Studies

Each year, nearly a thousand U.S. veterans are diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of their exposure to asbestos products during their military service.  In fact, for veterans of the Vietnam War,...

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SS Lane Victory: Source of Asbestos Exposure for Merchant Mariners

In 1943, during the Second World War, the nation began construction of a fleet of merchant ships for cargo delivery essential to the war effort.  In six shipyards, a total of 534 Victory ships were...

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SS Lane Victory: Asbestos Exposure in Ship’s Engine Room

The engine room of the SS Lane Victory was blanketed with asbestos insulation products that exposed the merchant mariners aboard to dangerous asbestos fibers and the possibility of developing...

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Happy Independence Day from 4th of July Parade in Coronado, California

You can’t watch the 4th of July parade in Coronado, California without appreciating the sacrifices made for our country by our men and women in uniform. Home to Naval Air Station North Island and to...

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Asbestos Removal in North Carolina Schools Begins

Over 100 buildings in Greensboro, North Carolina’s Guilford County School district contain asbestos, including 91 schools and 11 administrative offices. Administrators have identified 30 school...

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Asbest, Russia Source of Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma Risk for Town...

Asbest is the Russian word for asbestos, and Asbest, Russia has one principal economic activity – mining asbestos. Seventeen percent of the 70,000 residents of Abest are employed in the asbestos...

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New Team of Asbestos Mesothelioma Researchers Takes Over Libby, Montana Research

Many people have died from mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases as a result of their exposure to asbestos from the W.R. Grace mine near Libby, Montana. In November 2009, the U.S. Centers...

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Construction Workers Sue Oregon Hospital for Asbestos Exposure

Undisclosed asbestos exposure at hospital in Oregon put workers at risk for malignant mesothelioma cancer. Five construction workers from the Eugene Oregon area are suing the McKenzie-­Willamette...

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Asbestos Removal Project Ends in Tragic Electrocution Death

An asbestos removal worker in rural Wales, United Kingdom, has died from electrocution while finishing the Cwmcarn High School’s asbestos abatement project. The BBC reports that James Paul was removing...

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Sentencing in New York Illegal Asbestos Dumping Operation

Two men have been sentenced in upstate New York for creating an asbestos dumpsite in the middle of wetlands near Utica, New York, the Wall Street Journal reports. Old asbestos products must be properly...

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