Asbestos News
According to a CBS story on April 29 2005, "A map soon to be released by the U.S. Geological Survey will show a band of asbestos running from Alabama to Maine, under or near or near several major cities -- even under New York's Central Park".
Associated Press
Residents sue city of St. Louis AP May 06 2005 ("wet method" of removal)
Senate Panel Rejects Asbestos Injury Expansion RT April 28 2005
Activist Group Debuts With Asbestos Ads AP April 28 2005 (Washington, DC, USA, liability lawsuits)
ABB First-Quarter Net Profit Soars to $199M AP April 28 2005 (USA, litigation)
Longmeadow Agrees To Pay $100,000 Pollution Fine AP April 27 2005 (Boston, MA, USA)
Fire at mill raises fear asbestos will spread AP April 27 2005 (Plainfield, Conn.)
Asbestos charge pushes ABB into red AP April 22 2005 (Canada)
Specter Moving Ahead With Asbestos Bill AP April 20 2005
Asbestos Stocks Rise As Deal Approaches AP April 12 2005 (Arlen Spector)
DeLay Fundraising Plied Special Interests AP April 12 2005 (Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, TRMPAC)
Asbestos Stocks Rise As Deal Approaches AP April 12 2005 (Arlen Spector)
Asbestos lawsuits part of larger fight on laws over litigation AP April 06 2005
Insurers Drop Backing for Asbestos Trust Fund, but Other Businesses Groups Renew Their Support AP April 06 2005 (USA)
Senator, Trump Seek Cheaper U.N. Repairs AP April 06 2005 (Donald Trump, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala)
Insurance Cos. Withdraw Support of Trust AP April 05 2005
Insurers drop backing for asbestos fund AP April 05 2005
Owens Corning Asbestos liability at $7B AP April 04 2005
French Skyscraper Has Dangerous Asbestos AP March 14 2005
Senators Optimistic on Asbestos Fund Bill AP March 10 2003
Jewish Settler Homes May Remain Intact AP February 28 2005
Bush Signs Bill to Curb Class-Action Suits AP February 18 2005
House Set to Give OK on Class Action Suits AP February 17 2005
Science Takes Role in Product Liability AP February 11 2005
Bush to Get Bill on Class-Action Suits AP February 11 2005
Click Fraud Looms As Search-Enging Threat AP February 11 2005
Bush Would Double Ex-Nuke Worker Screening AP February 09 2005
White House State of the Union Guests AP February 02 2005
Finding May Delay Ground Zero Rebuilding AP January 26 2005
Specter Pushes Asbestos Lawsuits Reform AP January 11 2005
Bush Urges Congress on Asbestos Litigation AP January 07 2005
Bush Continues Push for Jury Award Limits AP January 05 2005
BBC
Family blames asbestos for cancer BBC April 29 2005 (mesothelioma, 32)
Museum men face asbestos charges BBC April 28 2005 (Cumbria)
Head resigns from asbestos school BBC April 21 2005
Asbestos disposal given go-ahead BBC April 12 2005
Asbestos hall may 'open by June' BBC April 10 2005 (Wiltshire )
Fire in asbestos roof at factory BBC April 05 2005 (Coventry)
Race still on after safety fears BBC April 04 2005 (St Leger, Doncaster)
Asbestos dump cases 'are linked' BBC March 31 2005 (Maidstone)
Fly-tipped asbestos blocks road BBC March 21 2005
Asbestos site 'poses health risk' BBC March 16 2005
Asbestos found in Paris landmark BBC March 15 2005
Insurers appeal in asbestos case BBC March 14 2005 (pleural plaques)
Asbestos cancer victims 'ignored' BBC March 09 2005 (mesothelioma)
'Asbestos cancer killed my husband' BBC March 09 2005 (mesothelioma)
Factory workers' asbestos claim BBC March 08 2005
Protest over asbestos store plan BBC March 05 2005
Anger over asbestos storage plan BBC March 04 2005
Hall is shut after asbestos find BBC March 03 2005
Group to continue asbestos battle BBC March 03 2005
The nightmare of fly-tipping BBC March 02 2005
Asbestos store decision protested BBC February 24 2005
Asbestos store is given go-ahead BBC February 23 2005
Asbestos find at plant is 'safe' BBC February 18 2005
Asbestos scare shuts power plant BBC February 17 2005
Living with asbestos 'time bomb' BBC February 15 2005 (pleural plaques)
Asbestos ruling supports payouts BBC February 15 2005 (pleural plaques)
Asbestos widows sue for damages BBC February 14 2005 (mesothelioma)
Asbestos damages overturned BBC January 26 2005
Agency plea over asbestos dump BBC January 16 2005
Asbestos site to be safety tested BBC January 12 2005
Houses on asbestos site 'unsafe' BBC January 11 2005
School study 'must be published' BBC January 04 2005
Asbestos roof destroyed in blaze BBC December 31 2004
Writ issued over asbestos claims BBC December 24 2004
New rules for asbestos treatment BBC December 23 2004 (Jersey)
Building giant in asbestos payout BBC December 21 2004 (James Hardie, Australia)
Call for asbestos benefits change BBC December 09 2004 (mesothelioma)
Asbestos claims 'could top £1bn' BBC December 06 2004 (pleural plaques)
Halliburton asbestos deal 'final' BBC December 04 2004 (USA)
Man 'youngest' asbestos victim BBC October 11 2004
British Medical Journal
Links are mostly to extracts. To see the full text of most of these articles you need to be a BMJ member or subscriber or have access to 'Athens'.
Asbestos related cancer deaths set to rise BMJ February 2005
Asbestos company is forced to fund compensation shortfall BMJ January 2005 (James Hardie Industries) (Australia) (boycott)
Criminal investigation follows report on asbestos compensation fund BMJ October 2004 (James Hardie Industries) (Australia)
Fund for patients with asbestos induced diseases may run out BMJ March 2004 (James Hardie Industries) (Australia)
Radical surgery for mesothelioma BMJ January 2004
Asbestos poisoning was covered up by doctors, claims health team BMJ July 2003 (India)
Annual deaths from mesothelioma in Britain to reach 2000 by 2010 BMJ January 2003
Early research says dust at World Trade Center site not dangerous BMJ October 2001
Surgeon dies from hospital exposure to asbestos BMJ May 2000 (blue asbestos)
Book: The Nazi War on Cancer BMJ March 2000 (Robert N Proctor) (review)
New Scientist
Natural barriers reduced tsunami devastation NS February 22 2005Toxic trade-off NS November 06 2004 (pesticides, PCBs, asbestos)
Building row over asbestos NS September 25 2004
9/11 search dogs unscathed by dust NS September 15 2004
Right of refusal NS December 06 2003
Toxic US ghost ships should 'go home' NS November 06 2003
Asbestos risks NS November 24 2001 (letter)
Clove extract neutralises asbestos fibres NS November 07 2001
Toxic chemicals released from World Trade Center wreckage NS October 29 2001
Lingering death NS September 29 2001
Canada's killer export NS September 29 2001
Grim legacy of asbestos revealed NS September 24 2001
Smoke and dust threaten New Yorkers NS September 13 2001
Reuters
Senate panel meeting on asbestos moved to Thursday RT May 17 2005
Owens Corning posts $4.2 billion loss on asbestos reserve RT May 04 2005 (Chapter 11, Kaylo insulation)
Montana saga may complicate US asbestos fund bill RT May 04 2005 (W.R. Grace & Co, Libby, Montana, vermiculite, USA)
Manufacturers Praise Asbestos Bill RT April 21 2005
US labor group objects to asbestos fund bill RT April 22 2005
Senator Plans Hearing on Asbestos Fund Plan RT April 21 2005
Manufacturers Praise Asbestos Bill RT April 21 2005
US senator plans hearing on asbestos fund bill RT April 21 2005 (Arlen Specter)
Senator: Asbestos Bill Resolution 'A Ways Off' RT News April 18 2005 (USA, Sam Brownback)
Big US companies support Senate asbestos fund plan RT April 18 2005 (Asbestos Study Group, GE, GM, Honeywell, Viacom)
AFL-CIO Sees Problems with New Asbestos Fund Plan RT April 16 2005 (Senate $140 billion asbestos compensation fund)
Specter to Introduce US Asbestos Bill This Week RT April 11 2005
Business Group Seeks Probe of Asbestos Claims RT April 09 2005 (USA)
Senator confident about asbestos bill RT April 06 2005 (Frist)
Asbestos Bill Author Waves Aside Insurance Worries RT April 05 2005 (Arlen Specter)
Judge sets $7 bln Owens Corning Asbestos liability RT April 04 2005
Senators Optimistic on Asbestos Fund Bill RT March 10 2005
Senator Mulls Republican Concerns on Asbestos RT March 02 2005
Asbestos Bill at Critical Stage, Specter Says RT March 01 2005
Bush Signs Law Curbing Class-Action Lawsuits RT February 18 2005
Sen. Specter, Judiciary Panel Chair, Has Cancer RT February 17 2005
Republicans Ask for Changes to Asbestos Plan RT February 10 2005
Sen. Specter Proposes $140 Billion Asbestos Fund RT January 19 2005
Congress Seen Deciding Asbestos Fund Size RT January 11 2005
Specter Aims to Finish Asbestos Bill in Early Feb. RT January 11 2005
Monsanto Sets Aside $285 Mln for Solutia RT December 20 2004
News from other sources
Asbestos Lawsuits: Which Republican is Misleading? Factcheck May 18 2005
DEP forces new asbestos tests at Zonolite Trenton Times May 06 2005 (W.R. Grace & Co., Zonolite, NJ, USA)
Concern Ikea asbestos in Hook air The Brooklyn Papers May 06 2005
Appeals panel reinstates asbestos lawsuit Cherry Hill Courier Post (mesothelioma, NJ, USA, work clothes)
Miss. high court dismisses appeal of legal fees dispute involving tobacco case Biloxi Sun Herald (MS, USA)
Palace workman's asbestos death; widow awarded £178,000 compensation Thames Laboratories May 06 2005 (Mesothelioma)
Asbestos fund can solve lawsuit crisis Holmen Courier May 06 2005 (USA)
Widow of asbestos victim at Buckingham Palace awarded damages Canada.com May 06 2005 (mesothelioma)
Asbestos forces car park closure Sydney Morning Herald May 05 2005 (Australia)
AIA Applauds Fla. Asbestos Reform Legislation's Passage Insurance Journal May 05 2005
Minerals dept wants to know of any Baryulgil asbestos ABC Online May 04 2005 (NSW, Australia)
Activists demand ban on asbestos trade:- Webindia123 May 04 2005 (Ban Asbestos Network of India, BANI)
Utilities, Asbestos Defendants Winning Tort Shield Tampa Tribune May 04 2005 (FL, USA)
Asbestos case settled NEWS.com.au May 05 2005 (mesothelioma, Australia)
New plans to educate public on asbestos Brisbane Courier Mail May 03 2005 (NSW, Australia)
Zinifex settles asbestos compensation case ABC Online May 03 2005 (Australia, BHAS, mesothelioma)
Top school fined £14,000 for failing to act on asbestos warnings Thames Laboratories May 03 2005 (UK)
El Dorado Asbestos Test Shows High Levels During Sports and Play KXTV May 03 2005 ()
£2,000 for asbestos exposure - lack of risk assessment or ... Thames Laboratories May 03 2005 (UK)
Compensation Ruling on Palace Asbestos Death Scotsman May 03 2005 (Buckingham Palace, UK< mesothelioma)
Street light, asbestos measures move forward in Senate AP May 03 2005 (FL, USA)
Political wrangling delays proposed US asbestos fund Thames Laboratories May 03 2005 (Arlen Specter, USA)
Asbestos at issue Edwardsville Intelligencer May 02 2005 (IL, USA, $140 billion trust fund )
CFIF Urges Senate to Embrace Asbestos Trust Fund Center for Individual Freedom May 02 2005 (USA)
Asbestos workers in Egypt dying of Cancer Blogharbor.com May 02 2005
A Town's Hidden Threat Los Angeles TimesMay 02 2005 (CA, USA, natural) ($)
Veterans want asbestos reform Atmore Advance May 02 2005 (AL, USA)
EMSL Analytical, Inc. Acquires Hygienetics Asbestos Laboratory E-Wire (press release) May 02 2005 (Dallas,TX,USA)
City, county, school mostly free of asbestos problems 05-01-2005 Plainview Daily Herald May 01 2005 (TX, USA, asbestos bill, silica)
RPM could overcome asbestos troubles News-Leader.com May 01 2005 (MO, USA)
Update: In court last week, April 25-29 St. Clair Record May 01 2005 (Edwardsville, IL, USA, Honeywell International, General Electric, Maremont)
Plainfield getting cleanup help from feds Newsday May 01 2005 (Conn., USA, fire, lead, InterRoyal Mill)
More opposition to SB 984 Henderson Daily Dispatch May 01 2005 (NC, USA, Workers' Compensation law)
Settlement reached in asbestos case Stars and Stripes May 01 2005 (USA, Japan, Yokosuka Naval Base, SOFA)
Asbestos fly-tippers putting lives at risk Leeds Today April 30 2005 (UK)
Asbestos At The Playground? CBS April 29 2005 (El Dorado Hills, California, USA, natural deposits, EPA)
Old plaster may contain asbestos Wilkes Barre Times-Leader April 29 2005 (PA, USA)
DEP: Ikea asbestos investigator lied BrooklynPapers.com April 29 2005 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
US Senate Panel Delays Asbestos Debate Until May 12 (Update3) Bloomberg April 28 2005 ($140 billion trust fund, USA, Specter, Equitas Ltd.)
Asbestos scare closes classrooms ABC Regional Online April 28 2005 (Australia)
Asbestos Reform Bill Passes Texas Senate National Underwriter April 28 2005 (USA, silica, lawsuit reform bill, statute of limitations, frivolous lawsuits)
Asbestos bill bogged down in committee MarketWatch April 28 2005 (USA, litigation legislation)
Dom's asbestos war Jindabyne Summit Sun April 28 2005 (Jindabyne, NSW, Australia, Mr Fluffy insulation)
Asbestos bill fatally flawed People's Weekly World April 28 2005 (USA, AFL-CIO, victims compensation)
Cannon jumps into asbestos fray Salt Lake City Deseret News April 28 2005 (Chris Cannon, R-Utah, USA, compensation legislation)
Senators push for changes to asbestos bill MarketWatch April 27 2005 (USA, $140 billion trust fund, Specter)
Residents ponder asbestos compo options ABC Online April 27 2005 (Baryulgil, Australia)
Council plays down asbestos fears ABC Regional Online April 27 2005 (Australia, gravel, roads)
Another mill goes up in flames Eyewitness News April 27 2005 (Plainfield, Conn., USA)
Federal approach on asbestos angers Manitoba native leader CBC April 27 2005 (zonolite, Canada)
Senators push for changes to asbestos bill MarketWatch April 27 2005 (USA, $140 billion trust fund, Specter)
Residents ponder asbestos compo options ABC Online April 27 2005 (Baryulgil, Australia)
Council plays down asbestos fears ABC Regional Online April 27 2005 (Australia, gravel, roads)
Another mill goes up in flames Eyewitness News April 27 2005 (Plainfield, COnn., USA)
Federal approach on asbestos angers Manitoba native leader CBC April 27 2005 (zonolite, Canada)
AFL-CIO objects to asbestos trust fund in current form Business Insurance April 25 2005 (USA)
Florida, Texas Asbestos Bills Progress National Underwriter April 25 2005 (USA, Asbestos-silica legislation)
NLPC Says Put an End to Asbestos Litigation Circus Yahoo News (press release) April 25 2005 (USA, trust fund)
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Coordinates Landmark Asbestos Victims Meeting with Senator Specter
Business Wire (press release April 25 2005 (USA) (ADAO, Arlen Specter)
PCI Praises Senate Committee Action on Texas Asbestos Legislation Insurance Journal April 25 2005 (USA, asbestos, silica)
Asbestos is also an issue for Louisiana 2TheAdvocate April 24 2005 (gaskets, small business
Culture of lawsuits targeted by Republican lawmakers Sun-Sentinel.com April 23 2005 (FL, USA)
College to remove asbestos Oberlin ReviewApril 23 2005 (OH, USA, insulation)
Asbestos compromise reached Austin American-Statesman April 23 2005 (TX, USA) (TX legislation)
Sunnyslope demolition gets under way Ottumwa Courier April 23 2005 (IA, USA)
Pending asbestos case seeks removal from deferred docket St. Clair Record April 22 2005 (IL, USA, move to active asbestos docket, pleural thickening)
Signs of asbestos still found at Sunnyslope Ottumwa Courier April 22 2005 (IA, USA)
Coalition for Asbestos Reform Announces Opposition to FAIR Act Business Wire (press release) April 22 2005 USA)
Local, state govts told to team up on asbestos removal ABC Online April 22 2005 (Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia)
Lloyd's to battle US asbestos blow This is London April 22 2005 (UK, Congoleum, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection)
Senate panel slates asbestos bill markup Business Insurance April 22 2005 (Chicago, USA, trust fund)
Claim asbestos in Bega homes Bega District News April 22 2005 (NSW, Australia, Mr Fluffy)
Charred factory tests reveal no asbestos The Trentonian April 21 2005 (NJ, USA, WR Grace, Zonolite)
Head resigns from asbestos school BBC April 21 2005 (UK)
Asbestos lawsuits could be restricted under new legislation Sun-Sentinel.com April 21 2005 (FL, USA)
Council rejects move to help remove asbestos from homes ABC Regional Online April 21 2005 (Australia)
Asbestos Trust Fund Called Wrong Solution to Serious Problem Cybercast News Service April 21 2005 ($140-billion asbestos trust fund)
MP calls for Mr Fluffy asbestos probe ABC Online April 21 2005 (NSW, Australia)
Investigation shows RAAF asbestos scare not so widespread ABC Online April 21 2005 (Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia)
Panel OKs bill limiting asbestos lawsuits Palm Beach Post April 21 2005
PCI opposes asbestos fund legislation Business Insurance April 21 2005 (Chicago, USA, $140 billion no-fault trust fund bill)
Asbestos scare grows Redland Bayside Bulletin April 19 2005 (Brisbane, Australia)
Australian scientists close to finding cure for asbestos-related ... Radio Australia April 19 2005 (mesothelioma, blood test so can catch early)
Malaria fear for quake areas AAP April 19 2005
Reprieve for asbestos victims AAP April 19 2005
Mesothelioma test 'a breakthrough' AAP April 19 2005 (blood test, early detection)
Stop the Arlen Specter Asbestos Tax The Conservative Voice April 18 2005
Residents wait asbestos health results ABC Online April 18 2005 (Australia, Baryulgil)
Company fined over asbestos exposure The Age April 18 2005 (Melbourne, Australia)
Asbestos check planned for school Portsmouth Herald News April 17 2005 (NH, USA)
Diagnosing asbestos fraud Madison County Record April 17 2005 (IL, USA, silica)
Port Hadlock millworker wins verdict in suit over asbestos Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News April 17 2005 (WA, USA, dryer felts)
Get out... Madison County Record April 17 2005 (IL, USA, asbestos lawyers)
A Silent Killer Canadian TV News April 17 2005 (Zonolite, vermiculite)
Asbestos deaths stalk DIY workers The Sunday Mail (Qld) April 17 2005 (mesothelioma)
Asbestos deaths stalk DIY workers Brisbane Courier Mail April 16 2005 (Australia) (mesothelioma, home renovation)
Reserve homes have asbestos, woman warns Globe and Mail April 16 2005 (Canada, Zonolite)
Asbestos inquiry planned Trenton Times April 16 2005 (WR Grace, Zonolite, vermiculite, NY)
Lawmakers push for hearings on asbestos contamination Newsday April 16 2005 (WR Grace, Zonolite, vermiculite, NY)
Labor, manufacturers working on asbestos plan RT April 15 2005 ($140 billion asbestos compensation fund)
AFL-CIO sees problems with new asbestos fund plan RT April 15 2005 ($140 billion asbestos compensation fund)
Asbestos Legislation Signed in Georgia; Similar Legislation Pending in Fla. Insurance Journal April 15 2005 (silica) (USA)
Chamber asks for asbestos fraud investigation Madison County Record April 15 2005 (IL, USA, silica, fraud)
Pressure forces Hardie backflip Australian April 15 2005 (Baryulgil)
Manitoba woman urges federal government to help asbestos victims Macleans April 15 2005 (ON, Canada, mesothelioma, Zonolite)
Georgia Joins Ohio In Enacting Asbestos Reform Bill National Underwriter April 15 2005
James Hardie to compensate victims AAP April 15 2005 (Baryulgil)
European stock exchanges rally Agence France-Presse April 14 2005
Police drill terrorises suburb AAP April 13 2005 (Melbourne)
Sorry for 'terrorising' locals: cops AAP April 13 2005 (Melbourne)
Police operation terrifies residents AAP April 13 2005 (Melbourne)
Council seeks compo over terror exercise AAP April 13 2005 (Melbourne)
Insurers Call For Scrapping Of Asbestos Trust Fund Institutional Investor April 11 2005
Justice Dept. Asked to Probe Doctors, Lawyers in Asbestos Cases Cybercast News Service April 11 2005
Lawmakers to ponder asbestos bills Daily News April 11 2005 (Texas)
Asbestos Bill Up Soon, Senate‘s Frist Says ObviousNews.com April 11 2005 (Frist)
EPA Needs Questionnaires from Residents Living Near Dearborn W.R. Grace Asbestos Site U.S. Newswire April 11 2005
A Crisis Of Asbestos The Conservative Voice April 11 2005 (The Real Cancer Is Found In Litigation)
SV40 not implicated in mesothelioma Medical News Today April 10 2005 (Mount Sinai)
School roof asbestos a legal time bomb: lawyer ABC Regional Online April 09 2005 (Australia)
Report: Insurance companies drop support for asbestos fund Newswatch 50 April 09 2005 (USA)
Asbestos link to renovators Advertiser Adelaide April 09 2005 (Australia) (mesothelioma)
Bay asbestos find worry Geelong Advertiser April 09 2005 (Australia) (dump)
Iowa AG sues Moline man Quad City Times April 09 2005
Asbestos roofs not a priority, says Bligh Brisbane Courier Mail April 09 2005 (school roofs Queensland Australia)
Free service tackles the effects of asbestos Waltham Forest Guardian April 08 2005 (UK, campaigning for law reforms and medical research)
Seattle Jury Delivers Verdict in Favor of Paper Mill Worker with Asbestosis PR Web April 08 2005 (WA USA)
Indoor Market to be Made Safe Carlisle Business Gazette April 08 2005 (UK)
Terror exercise causes asbestos scare The Australian April 08 2005
Govt 'covering-up asbestos risk' Daily Telegraph April 08 2005 (Queensland roofs Australia)
Abandoned asbestos, mercury found in warehouse Access North Georgia April 08 2005
Asbestos death link kept secret Brisbane Courier Mail April 08 2005 (mesothelioma Queensland Australia)
Teacher's death link kept secret APP April 08 2005 (Queensland, Australia)
Schools asbestos death traps APP April 08 2005 (Queensland, Australia)
Govt 'covering-up asbestos risk' APP April 08 2005 (Queensland, Australia)
Terror exercise causes asbestos scare APP April 08 2005 (Melbourne, Australia)
Terror exercise causes asbestos scare APP April 07 2005 (Melbourne, Australia)
US begins asbestos checks Trenton Times April 07 2005 (W.R. Grace Zonolite NJ USA)
No asbestos, so Nanuet HS is back in business The Journal News.com April 07 2005 (Westchester NY USA)
Students: Mass. Ave. plan puts us at risk Cambridge Chronicle April 07 2005 (MA USA)
Cleanup Starts At Plant Contaminated With Asbestos WDIV April 06 2005 (W.R. Grace vermiculite USA)
Firm left asbestos lying around demolition site Yorkshire Post April 06 2005
Firm is fined for asbestos danger work Sheffield Today April 06 2005
EPA complaint against Rhode Island contractor seeks $70,535 Providence Business News April 06 2005 (USA)
Nanuet High School closed over asbestos worries The Journal News.com April 06 2005
Asbestos: Unseen Parks Danger? CBS News April 06 2005 (El Dorado Hills, Calif.)
Asbestos Claims Decline, but Questions Rise New York Times April 06 2005
USG hopeful for resolution to asbestos claims Chicago Sun-Times April 06 2005
US begins asbestos checks Trenton Times, NJ April 06 2005 (WR Grace, Zonolite)
Asbestos Facility 'Discussed By DoE' Northern Ireland April 06 2005
Second Edition of Asbestos Manual Published by ASTM International AZoBuild.com April 06 2005 (Australia)
SV40 not implicated in mesothelioma EurekAlert April 06 2005 (Mount Sinai)
US stocks rise as oil slips RT April 06 2005
Schools have mould, exposed asbestos CBC Toronto April 05 2005
Property council up-beat about Asbestos law changesABC Online April 05 2005 (Australia)
US showdown looms on asbestos bill Financial Times April 05 2005 (Frist)
Insurance firms drop support of $140 billion trust fund MarketWatch April 05 2005 (USA Arlen Specter) ($)
Nadel calls on Feinstein to kill asbestos trust bill Oakland Tribune April 05 2005 (CA USA)
Despite asbestos issue, panel OKs mall plan Billings Gazette April 05 2005 (MT USA)
Asbestos laws take effect ABC Online April 04 2005 (Australia)
Asbestos legislation being crafted to shut out victims Houston Chronicle April 03 2005 (Texas)
Asbestos payouts delayed ABC March 31 2005 (Australia, James Hardie)
Flegg denies asbestos scare tactic claim ABC March 29 2005 (Australia)
Equitas to Pay $415 Million to Settle McDermott Asbestos Claims Bloomberg March 29 2005 (Babcock & Wilcox)
Ex-Navy engineer wins asbestos suit San Francisco Chronicle March 26 2005 (mesothelioma)
Federal-Mogul settles with asbestos group for $29 million Detroit Free Press March 25 2005 (Center for Claims Resolution)
Worker wins asbestos compo case Australian March 17 2005 (mesothelioma)
Inspectors find high risk of Zonolite in 4 First Nations homes CBC March 17 2005 (Canada, vermiculite)
Demolition manager admits exposing open air to asbestos Virginian Pilot March 16 2005
Into Thin Air: Senate Bill Threatens Protections for California's Terminally-Ill Asbestos Victims EWG March 15 2005
Asbestos. It's a health crisis and legal quagmire. The Texas Legislature must treat both ailments. Houston Chronicle March 15 2005
Leahy seeks $140b asbestos victim fund Boston Globe March 14 2005
Asbestos-contaminated powder covered neighborhoods The Times March 14 2005 (NJ, W.R. Grace, Zonolite)
Asbestos aid gets a boost by leaving some victims out Star Tribune March 13 2005 (Sen. Arlen Specter)
Job bonanza came with a price The Times March 13 2005 (NJ, W.R. Grace, Zonolite)
Doctor's testimony ignites legal storm Mobile Register March 13 2005
New Analysis Shows Growing Number of Asbestos Related Deaths in Texas EWG Action Fund Feb. 14 2005
Environmentalists Win Bid to Regulate Taconite Industry Mercury Emissions Duluth News-Tribune January 17 2005 (asbestos)