Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Mesothelioma News 8/9/2005

Lung Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Lung cancer, causes, symptoms, treatment

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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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Helping one of their own

WARDEN -- The sight of farmers rolling combines across a field is a common one around in this agricultural town this time of year. But in a field north of Warden Friday, something very special was taking place.

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Louisiana Jury Awards $4.5 Million in Asbestos-Related Death Case, According to LeBlanc & Waddell, LLP

The Baton Rouge-based law firm of LeBlanc & Waddell, LLP, has announced a $4.5 million jury award delivered on behalf of the family of a West Monroe man who died from an asbestos-related cancer in 2000.

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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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