Monday, August 08, 2005

Mesothelioma News 8/8/2005

Peter Jennings Dies From Lung Cancer

ABC news anchor Peter Jennings has died from lung cancer at the age of 67.

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The Asbestos Mess

When the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 10 Republican members voted in May to send asbestos-trust-fund legislation to the Senate floor, they signaled two things: that a trust fund is the best a Republican Congress can do to solve the asbestos-litigation mess, and that the last best hope for victims and beleaguered businesses is to crack down on litigation fraud.

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Fear of asbestos-like fibers makes some wary of using taconite tailings

VIRGINIA - Highway workers are putting the finishing touches on an interchange here that includes more than a million tons of an extra-hard rock blasted and crushed from the region's taconite mines.

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Over 250 asbestos-linked health consultations handled in July

_ Local governments and labor bureaus nationwide handled more than 250 cases of consultations on asbestos-related health problems in about a month to the end of July, amid growing public concerns on the issue, a Kyodo News survey released Saturday said.

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Scientists wary of expanding taconite tailings use

Highway workers are putting the finishing touches on an interchange near Virginia, Minnesota here that includes more than a million tons of an extra-hard rock blasted and crushed from the region's taconite mines.

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Kyodo news summary -7-

_ ---------- Over 250 asbestos-linked health consultations handled in July

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Top News

(AP) Virginia, Minn. Highway workers are putting the finishing touches on an interchange here that includes more than a million tons of an extra-hard rock blasted and crushed from the region's taconite mines.

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Pill as deadly as asbestos

The World Health Organisation recently confirmed that it now categorises the Pill as a grade three substance. This gives the Pill the same cancer-causing potential as asbestos.

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Gov't informed of resident with asbestos-linked disease in 1987

_ The government was informed in 1987 of a case that a woman who lived near an asbestos-related factory had died of cancer following exposure to the carcinogenic substance, government officials said Friday.

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National surveys looking at where and how much

MISSOULA -- Efforts are under way to determine the extent of asbestos contamination in communities where vermiculite ore from the former W.R. Grace plant was sent.

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