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| Saturday 05th of July 2008 01:54:26 PM USG to Settle Suits Related to Asbestos By The Associated Press. Click here to read this news article. |
| Saturday 05th of July 2008 01:54:26 PM The Bitter Fight Over the Manville Trust LEAD: Hordes of lawyers will fill the benches of a courtroom at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn tomorrow to watch what will happen with more than 500 plaintiffs who say they have suffered from inhaling asbestos at the Brooklyn Navy Yard more than 25 years ago. But the stakes are significantly greater than for just those former shipyard workers or their families. Click here to read this news article. |
| Saturday 05th of July 2008 01:54:26 PM CONSUMER'S WORLD; A Product Dead-Ended By Liability Fears LEAD: It seemed like a dream come true: a virtual miracle fiber touted as being as tough as asbestos but completely safe and versatile enough to be used in products ranging from roofing materials to spackling compounds to brake shoes. Click here to read this news article. |
| Saturday 05th of July 2008 01:54:26 PM Asbestos Costs Give Schools Hard Choices LEAD: Twenty years ago, before the hazards of asbestos became known, the steel beams inside sprawling, brown-brick New Canaan High School were sprayed with it. Though tests have shown that the flame-retardant coating - harmful only if its particles are inhaled - is mostly intact and safe for now, it is to be removed anyway, at a cost of perhaps $10 million. Click here to read this news article. |
| Saturday 05th of July 2008 01:54:26 PM CONSUMER'S WORLD; If Asbestos Is in the House, Must You Hold Your Breath? LEAD: Mention asbestos to New Yorkers and they think of exploding steam pipes. Mention it to homeowners nationwide, and many envision Dracula sleeping in their basements. Click here to read this news article. |
| Saturday 05th of July 2008 01:54:26 PM [$] HEMPSTEAD SEEKS TO CURB ASBESTOS FEAR of lung cancer and other diseases believed to be linked to asbestos has prompted the Town of Hempstead to draft regulations that would allow close monitoring of any business using asbestos. Critics of the proposed rules, however, say they are more a ploy to diffuse community concern than a serious attempt to protect the public. Both sides are expected to state their arguments at a public hearing at 10 A.M. Tuesday at the L. H. Bennett Pavilion in Hempstead. The Hempstead proposal would req... Click here to read this news article. |
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