Ministry wants 3 times bigger anti-asbestos budget
_ The health ministry made a budgetary request Thursday of 1.6 billion yen for fiscal 2006 to cope with asbestos-related problems, three times larger than the initial budget for fiscal 2005.
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F. Wesley Baylor, 83, of Lake Forest, died Aug. 19. Mr. Baylor was a 1940 graduate of Lake Forest Academy and later graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He served in the Navy during World War II as a lieutenant in the South Pacific.
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George Shepard Chappell III, 70, died Aug. 20 in Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Health ministry calls experts to study asbestos alternatives
_ The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Thursday held a meeting of medical and engineering experts to examine alternative materials to replace asbestos amid mounting concerns over asbestos-linked deaths and health problems.
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Asbestos concerns on Iron Range persist
HEALTH:Workers' compensation claims by mine workers allege taconite dust made them sick. AURORA, Minn. - Tony Plevell died in 1996 shortly after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
Shop owner's death linked to asbestos used in store walls
_ Asbestos detected in the lungs of a stationery shop owner who died from mesothelioma last year has been found to be the same type as that used in the walls of his store, an investigation by a medical doctor shows.
Alan Brayton Becomes President--Elect of Public Interest Law Firm
Novato, CA (PRWEB) August 24, 2005 -- The law firm of Brayton Purcell is proud to announce that its founding and senior partner, Alan R. Brayton, has been chosen as President-elect of the foundation that supports Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ). TLPJ is a nonprofit national public interest law firm that marshals the skills and resources of trial lawyers to create a more just society. The
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(AP) Aurora, Minn. Tony Plevell died in 1996 shortly after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
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