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Asbestos Shuts Down School
Mar 12, 2004 | www.cbsnewyork.com
An elementary school in Brownsville, Brooklyn is closed because workers turned up asbestos in the gymnasium. Workers were ripping up the floor in the...
Asbestos Worker Tasted It, Choked On It
Mar 8, 2004 | The Post-Standard
At age 46, Tom Valachovic says he wakes each morning gasping for air. At middle age, he has the lungs of an old man. "Last week my dog got out at 12...
Pay Attention To Asbestos Threat
Mar 8, 2004 | Seattle Post Intelligencer
The mere mention of asbestos is enough to cause worry. Even so, it's hard to know if homeowners, health authorities and regulators are paying nearly...
State Is 16th In Asbestos Deaths
Mar 8, 2004 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin ranks 16th in the United States in deaths from asbestos-related diseases, according to a new study from an environmental group.The...
Environmental Group Study Ranks Alabama 19th In Asbestos Deaths
Mar 5, 2004 | AP
An environmental group opposing federal legislation on compensating asbestos victims issued an analysis yesterday on the number of asbestos deaths...
Asbestos Won't Go Away
Mar 5, 2004 | THE SAGINAW NEWS &THE BAY CITY TIMES
Crews around the nation have worked since the 1980s to rid homes, schools and businesses of asbestos, but a new report predicts a growing wave of...
Asbestos-Death Study Says Wayne Co. Number Is High
Mar 5, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
Wayne County, a place where asbestos-dependent industries flourished for decades and millions of pounds of asbestos-laden ore was processed, has the...
Asbestos Diseases Viewed As 'Epidemic'
Mar 4, 2004 | Star Ledger
The United States is facing an "epidemic" of asbestos-caused diseases, with some 100,000 people expected to die in the next decade from their past...
Camco Is 6th In Asbestos Deaths
Mar 4, 2004 | Cherry Hill Courier Post
A new study ranks Camden County as having the sixth-most asbestos-related deaths in the nation.Only counties with major cities Los Angeles, Chicago,...
L.A. Tops Nation In Asbestos-Linked Deaths
Mar 4, 2004 | Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles County has more asbestos-related deaths than anywhere else in the country, and the incidence of illness caused by the mineral is expected...
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