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State health commissioner resigns
Minneapolis Star Tribune - He died in 2001, and his death certificate lists a secondary cause of his death as asbestosis from inhaling taconite dust. Eller said she was angry that information about the link between the miners and cancer was withheld for a year. “It should have

Banton shattered by illness
News.com.au - Mr Banton, 60, said he had been coping well enough with the “double whammy” - asbestosis and ARPD (asbestos related pleural disease), which required him to carry around an oxygen bottle with ever-present tubes up his nostrils. But now he has the

Bernie’s battle: this time it’s personal
Canberra Times - About two weeks ago, Mr Banton, who suffers asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease, said he experienced a sensation that felt like a huge bowling ball in his stomach. He tried to ignore it, but it wouldn’t go away. “I was in agony, but I wasn

Belfast Anarchist Bookfair
Indymedia Ireland - A group of Belfast dockers was set up in July 2006 to fight for justice for Dockers suffering from asbestosis or asbestos related diseases they got while working unloading asbestos at Belfast Docks from 1960 to 1980. Up against the government, their

An Overview Of Asbestos Disease- Mesothelioma
Best Syndication - Asbestos disease, mesothelioma cancers, lung cancers and asbestosis are the diseases caused because of asbestos exposure. Asbestos constitutes different naturally occurring fibrous minerals in some rocks and soil. It has found widespread use in

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PRWeb - San Francisco Jury Awards $1.25 Million in Asbestosis Case A San Francisco jury unanimously awarded damages of $1.25 million to a retired pipefitter who developed asbestosis and asbestos pleural disease due to his on-the-job contact with asbestos

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CNW Group - The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) in Sarnia has registered over 950 workers with either asbestos-related pleural plaques or asbestosis. Each of these individuals is being given an opportunity to participate in the lung

Brewery snub for smoke ban supporter MP
Scotsman - Well, there will virtually never be that proof for anything - the same claims were probably made about the evidence of asbestosis in the 1960s and 70s. But there is a strong and consistent association from credible research. Report as unsuitable 49.

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Dallas Observer - Some died of asbestosis, gasping to fill their scarred lungs with air, others from mesothelioma, a horribly painful cancer caused only by exposure to asbestos. Yet what began 25 years ago as a crusade for