Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos bill to go to floor of US Senate for debate

Asbestos bill to go to floor of US Senate for debate
AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 06 11:43 AM
The US Senate was to begin debate on legislation creating a 140-billion-dollar trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos exposure.Save to My Web

Bush Administration Has `Concerns' With Asbestos Plan (Update1)
Bloomberg.com - Feb 09 7:52 AM
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration supported a proposed $140 billion fund for victims of asbestos exposure while expressing ``serious concerns'' with unspecified provisions of U.S. Senate legislation to create the company-financed trust.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Coronet plant will gradually disappear

Coronet plant will gradually disappear
St. Petersburg Times - Feb 09 10:27 PM
Interior demolition has begun, removing hazardous materials before structures can be dismantled.Save to My Web

Key senator drops objection to US asbestos debate
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 07 2:50 PM
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid dropped his objections to debating a bill that would halt asbestos lawsuits, a Reid spokesman said on Tuesday, clearing the way for the controversial legislation to move forward in the Senate.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Senate Leaders Seek to Permit Debate on Asbestos Trust Measure

Senate Leaders Seek to Permit Debate on Asbestos Trust Measure
Bloomberg.com - Feb 07 12:08 PM
The measure, which has the support of at least five Democrats, requires the backing of three-fifths of the Senate for debate to begin. Republicans control the Senate 55-45.Save to My Web

Studies By Texas Cancer Registry Find 18 ZIP Codes With Results Above Average: Area Sees Elevations in Lung Cancer Rates
RedNova - Feb 05 5:42 AM
By Cindy Horswell, Houston Chronicle Feb. 5--When 68-year-old Lucie Wood tells someone that she is battling lung cancer, she is irritated that most automatically assume she is a smoker.Save to My Web

Feuding continues in India as decision day looms for French warship
AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 09 11:02 PM
Greenpeace and shipbreakers continued to trade accusations as a decision loomed over the fate of an asbestos-laden French warship set to be broken up on the west Indian coastline.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Alabama women lobby Congress to oppose asbestos claims settlement

Alabama women lobby Congress to oppose asbestos claims settlement
al.com - Feb 03 2:31 AM
WASHINGTON - Two Alabama women who lost their husbands to the same asbestos-related cancer were on Capitol Hill Thursday asking senators to vote against a proposed national settlement because it would deprive them of their day in court.Save to My Web

Senate Leaders Seek to Permit Debate on Asbestos Trust Measure
Bloomberg.com - Feb 07 12:08 PM
The measure, which has the support of at least five Democrats, requires the backing of three-fifths of the Senate for debate to begin. Republicans control the Senate 55-45.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Protect victims of asbestos

Protect victims of asbestos
Bismarck Tribune - Feb 03 11:23 PM
When it comes to matters of illness, we listen to our hearts and look with compassion. Right now, both are telling me not to trust the proposed Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act, which really should be named the Asbestos Bailout Bill.Save to My Web

Asbestos Legislation Denies LA Funds, Particles Could Be Cause of "Katrina Cough"
Louisiana Weekly - Jan 22 10:15 AM
In the last few decades, nearly 123,158 tons of asbestos has been shipped into Orleans Parish, some only blocks from where school children play.Save to My Web

Standing at 3M Corporate Headquarters, Bush Makes Clear He Stands with Asbestos Corporations and Against Victims, Says
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 02 2:00 PM
In a speech today at the corporate headquarters of 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, President Bush called on Congress to pass legislation that would give 3M and other asbestos defendants that knowingly exposed workers to asbestos a $20 billion, taxpayer-guaranteed liability bailout.Save to My Web

Asbestos Cancer - Firm fined for asbestos risk

Firm fined for asbestos risk
Norwich Evening News, UK - Feb 2, 2006... asbestos dust off machinery, where lagging had split open revealing the material which causes painful and incurable diseases such as mesothelioma, cancer ...
Source: www.eveningnews24.co.uk

Judge hot over 9/11 air
New York Daily News, NY - Feb 3, 2006... that included lead from 50,000 personal computers and some 2,000 tons of asbestos. Several rescue and cleanup workers have since developed cancer and other ...
Source: www.nydailynews.com

Asbestos Cancer - Asbestos relief law passes Diet

Asbestos relief law passes Diet
Kerala Next - The Upper House on Friday approved a bill to compensate sufferers of asbestos-related health damage. It stipulates treatment payments for mesothelioma and other forms of cancer as well as consolation money for bereaved families. It will take effect