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NEWS ABOUT: asbestos

asbestos stories: 6 news summaries
OBITUARY

 Showbiz Scribe 
 Army Archerd 
 Dead at 87 

Column appeared in Variety for 52 years

Sep 8, 09 9:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Army Archerd, who chronicled Hollywood for 52 years as a columnist for Variety, died today of mesothelioma, the showbiz publication reports. He was 87; the cancer was thought to be related to exposure to asbestos during World War II. He was known for injecting a social consciousness into his reporting,... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • AIDS • asbestos • World War II • Variety • mesothelioma • Army Archerd • showbiz • gossip columnist • Rock Hudson • celebrities

(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency has declared a “public health emergency” in a Montana town where 200 people have died from asbestos poisoning, CNN reports. For 10 years the EPA has been involved in a cleanup of Libby, contaminated by castoff from a nearby vermiculite mine and insulation plant. The... More »

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public health • Environmental Protection Agency • asbestos • state of emergency • Max Baucus • WR Grace • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson • Libby, Montana • vermiculite

Terminally Ill Man Picks a Winner: Himself

At 50-1 odds, British cancer patient has won $16K betting he'll live

Jun 1, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A terminally ill British man collected about $8,200 today after betting he’d stay alive, the BBC reports. After being diagnosed with asbestos-related cancer in 2006 and told he had just months left, 59-year-old Jon Matthews made £100 bets he’d stick around until June 1, 2008, and... More »

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cancer • gambling • betting • asbestos • Britain • Jon Matthews

 WR Grace Makes 
 Deal to Settle 
 Asbestos Claims  

Chemical company hopes to leave bankruptcy by year's end

Apr 8, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chemical company WR Grace cleared a major hurdle in its 7-year effort to emerge from bankruptcy yesterday, agreeing to pay more than $3 billion to settle asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits, reports the Baltimore Sun. The deal, which a bankruptcy judge must approve, would establish a trust fund to settle current... More »

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cancer • bankruptcy • asbestos • class action • civil lawsuits • WR Grace • mesothelioma

Supreme Court Denies Tobacco Industry Appeal

Justices won't intervene in W. Va. case involving hundreds of lawsuits

Feb 25, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today handed the tobacco industry a setback, rejecting without comment an appeal contending that West Virginia’s two-tiered system of consolidating cases is unconstitutional. In their appeal, industry lawyers called the process “deeply and fundamentally flawed,” the Wall Street Journal reports, but the plaintiffs' lawyers... More »

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smoking • lawsuit • asbestos • class action • tobacco companies • US Supreme Court • product liability

No Asbestos in Air After NY Blast

Traces of carcinogen found in dirt and debris; not a health hazard, say officials

Jul 19, 07 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - No asbestos was found in the air today after a steam pipe explosion that led to one death and injured more than 30 in midtown Manhattan yesterday. The carcinogen has turned up in dirt and debris in and near the area, but officials say damage to long-term health is very... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • steam • explosion • Grand Central Station • asbestos • carcinogens

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