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Asbestos: The lies that killed (The New Statesman)
Asbestos, now banned in the EU, kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK alone. In this exclusive report, Ed Howker reveals how the industry hid the truth for decades and why the death toll will certainly continue to rise
28 Aug 2008, 3:24 am | click here for more
51-year Southbury fire veteran dies Thursday (Republican-American)
SOUTHBURY -- Lester "Les" Cable, a 51-year veteran of the Southbury Volunteer Firemen's Association, died Thursday. He was 74.
28 Aug 2008, 2:59 am | click here for more
The Bidens And The Law Firm (Hartford Courant)
Family's Financial Ties Could Prove Troublesome For VP Hopeful When Joe Biden's brother and son wanted to buy a hedge fund company two years ago, they turned for financing to a law firm that had lobbied the Delaware senator's office on an important piece of business in Congress — and in fact had just benefited from his vote. The firm promised James and Hunter Biden that it would invest $2 ...
28 Aug 2008, 2:13 am | click here for more
Biden move had 'intersection of interests' (USA Today)
Sen. Joe Biden worked to defeat a bipartisan bill designed to curb asbestos lawsuits at a time his son's law firm was filing them in Delaware and a former aide was lobbying against the measure, according to public records and interviews.
27 Aug 2008, 7:25 am | click here for more
Powerful ally boosts local clean-up campaign on mine (Northern Daily Leader)
THE community of Barraba and ratepayers of the Tamworth Regional Council have just acquired a powerful ally in their battle to have the State Government shake off its complacency and act to rehabilitate the Woods-reef asbestos mine site.
27 Aug 2008, 6:16 pm | click here for more
United against the neglect of mine (Northern Daily Leader)
AN ALLIANCE between the Tamworth Regional Council, the 13,000-member strong Australian Manufacturers Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia (ADFA) will start campaigning for the rehabilitation of the Woodsreef asbestos mine site 18km east of Barraba.
27 Aug 2008, 6:14 pm | click here for more
North West Evening Mail (North-West Evening Mail)
A NEW compensation fund for people who have contracted asbestos cancer indirectly will soon be on hand to help sufferers. A NEW compensation fund for people who have contracted asbestos cancer indirectly will soon be on hand to help sufferers.
26 Aug 2008, 7:22 am | click here for more
A rare survival story in a brush with a rare and deadly cancer (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Heather Von St. James calls herself "the poster child for wish after meso." She has been disease free for 2 1/2 years after a radical surgery and treatment for the asbestos-related cancer -- mesothelioma.
26 Aug 2008, 11:58 pm | click here for more
LegalView Reports Results of a Breakthrough Study Investigating Link Between Genetic Predisposition and Developing ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
LegalView informed readers to the results of a scientific investigation studying the potential link between genetic components and developing mesothelioma cancer. Scientists determined that genetic responses occurred after a specific type of asbestos was introduced to cells within the lining of the lungs.
25 Aug 2008, 2:01 am | click here for more
MP’s family criticises delay in compensation for asbestos-linked illnesses (The Herald)
The compensation delays for people facing painful deaths from asbestos-linked diseases have been strongly criticised by those close to John MacDougall, the Glenrothes MP who died while suing the government over his illness.
24 Aug 2008, 8:17 pm | click here for more