"An Environmental Time Bomb" In Japan
For decades asbestos has been known to cause cancer in those who inhale its tiny fibers. That has triggered restrictions on its use and, ultimately, thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. and elsewhere. But in Japan, asbestos barely cracked the headlines over the years, let alone the court system. It was only last October that Tokyo finally banned asbestos in all but a handful of products -- 14 years
"An Environmental Time Bomb" In Japan
Tokyo ignored asbestos for years. For decades asbestos has been known to cause cancer in those who inhale its tiny fibers. That has triggered restrictions on its use and, ultimately, thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. and elsewhere.
"An Environmental Time Bomb" In Japan
Tokyo ignored asbestos for years. Now it's paying the price
City tests air at razing site for asbestos
AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Pref. (Kyodo) The municipal government here conducted an examination Thursday to measure how much asbestos enters the air when a building is demolished.
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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_ ---------- Asahi says materials on NHK documentary article leaked to magazine
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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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