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What Mesothelioma is?
Pleural mesothelioma is an increasingly common type of lung cancer brought on by exposure to asbestos. When inhaled, asbestos fibers become embedded in the pleura, or outer lining of the lungs, leaving behind scarring and lesions. These lesions and scars eventually develop into full-blown pleural mesothelioma, a deadly form of lung cancer for which there is no cure. Asbestos fibers can also settle in the abdominal region, triggering the development of peritoneal mesothelioma. This type of lung cancer is equally dangerous
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Expert to address school asbestos fears
The Queensland Government says it will fly an occupational health and safety expert to Mackay next week to speak to more than 2,000 students and teachers who may have been exposed to asbestos.
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News Source - ABC via Yahoo!7 News
Publish date - 21:45:57 03/11/10
Parliament removes time limit on asbestos claims
State Parliament has passed laws removing the restriction on the amount of time sufferers of asbestos-related diseases have to claim compensation.
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News Source - ABC via Yahoo!7 News
Publish date - 21:15:42 03/11/10
Asbestos scare at high school
MIRANI State High School students were made to shower in their uniforms after a classroom ceiling containing asbestos collapsed.
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News Source - The Daily Mercury
Publish date - 16:31:07 03/11/10
Jury: McComb attorneys filed fraudulent asbestos case
JACKSON (AP) — Two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, including a former state lawmaker, committed fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001 and should pay Illinois Central Railroad Company $420,000 in damages, a federal jury has decided.
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News Source - McComb Enterprise-Journal
Publish date - 21:29:31 03/11/10
Ohio EPA sues over steel mill asbestos
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency through the state attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit against the owner and companies removing the city's former Weirton Steel site, claiming asbestos violations.
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News Source - Weirton Daily Times
Publish date - 17:50:40 03/11/10
Govt to probe school asbestos scare
Education Queensland (EQ) has launched an investigation into the discovery of asbestos at a north Queensland high school.
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News Source - ABC via Yahoo!7 News
Publish date - 03:15:34 03/11/10
Students exposed to asbestos dust
STUDENTS at two Queensland schools may have been exposed to potentially fatal asbestos dust, Education Minister Geoff Wilson told State Parliament.
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News Source - The Courier Mail
Publish date - 22:23:11 03/11/10
National Asbestos Lawyers of Cooney Conway Launches Mesothelioma Portal
Chicago based Asbestos Litigation, Personal Injury Law Firm of Cooney Conway Launches New Website Dedicated to Helping Mesothelioma Victims
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News Source - PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Publish date - 13:08:57 03/11/10
Asbestos fears in classrooms
ANGRY parents are concerned their children were unnecessarily put at risk after classrooms were evacuated at two schools due to fears of asbestos exposure.
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News Source - The Daily Mercury
Publish date - 16:45:34 03/10/10
Parents demand school asbestos answers
Parents at a north Queensland high school say they want answers from Education Queensland about whether their children have been exposed to asbestos fibres.
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News Source - ABC via Yahoo!7 News
Publish date - 04:45:35 03/10/10
Va. Senate panel kills bill that would shield business from asbestos lawsuits
RICHMOND -- A Virginia Senate committee on Monday killed a proposal championed by House Speaker William J. Howell that would have helped protect a Fortune 500 company from asbestos lawsuits.
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News Source - Washington Post
Publish date - 15:13:46 03/11/10
Asbestos fears close classrooms
STUDENTS at North Mackay State High School and Moranbah East State School have been removed from classrooms amid asbestos fears.
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News Source - The Daily Mercury
Publish date - 06:45:36 03/10/10
Testing finds no asbestos in mill fire ash
By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News Lincoln County commissioners gave the Environmental Health Department the go-ahead Wednesday afternoon to set up a hotline for residents to request their yards be cleaned of debris from the mill fire.
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News Source - The Western News
Publish date - 20:18:22 03/11/10
The Apthorp's Lead and Asbestos: The Return of Waterloo!
In January 2009, I wrote "The Apthorp as Waterloo," a profile of the Upper West Side's iconic and very gorgeous 102-year-old limestone apartment house, which was then fighting a battle that included guns, rabbis, red ants, Jordache jeans, a diamond billionaire, and a very large group of upset New Yorkers. "Remember that show? Gilligan’s Island ?” Jon Herbitter, the real estate executive who ...
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News Source - The New York Observer
Publish date - 21:02:17 03/11/10
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