TCGLaw Group Announces Sponsorship of Mesothelioma Information Website by Paul, Hanley & Harley LLP
All About Malignant Mesothelioma, a website providing consumer information on a form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure, has received a sponsorship commitment from a leading law firm in the area of mesothelioma litigation.
Man's death linked to asbestos-covered walls
A 70-year-old man in Osaka Prefecture died of mesothelioma in 2004 after working for 33 years in a shop with asbestos-covered walls, Asbestos Center said Thursday.
Death of wife of Kubota employee tied to asbestos
The death of the wife of a former employee of Kubota Corp.'s former Kanzaki factory in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, has been linked to asbestos after the woman died of mesothelioma cancer, it was learned Thursday.
Japan plans blanket ban on asbestos use, close loopholes by 2008, report says
Japan's Health Ministry plans to revise commercial laws to ban all asbestos use _ and close all legal loopholes _ by 2008, amid growing revelations of deaths linked to the carcinogenic materials, according to a media report.
Asbestos in Japan may have caused 300 deaths
TOKYO -- One after another, Japanese companies have come forward for the first time to reveal that hundreds of employees who handled asbestos may have died from exposure, prompting worries of widespread contamination by the powerful carcinogen.
Japan Wakes Up to Asbestos Problem
Japan Wakes Up to Asbestos Problem After Companies Reveal Hundreds of Deaths From Exposure
Hundreds of deaths spur ministry plan to ban all asbestos use by 2008
The health ministry said Friday it plans to ban all use of asbestos by 2008 after recent announcements that hundreds of workers at various companies have died from diseases related to the toxic unburnable mineral.
Asbestos-linked death toll rises to 356
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Asbestos-linked death toll rises to 330 as Misawa Resort reports 24
_ Misawa Resort Co. added on Friday 24 workers to the tally of workers killed at construction materials manufacturers and related companies by lung diseases linked to asbestos, bringing the total death toll to 330.
CORRECTED: Kubota eyeing fund for studying cure for asbestos-linked diseases
_ Major machinery maker Kubota Corp. is planning to set up a fund to promote studies to establish medical treatment for mesothelioma and other diseases believed linked to asbestos, company officials said Wednesday.
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