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The Legal History of Mesothelioma 2008-02-22 19:55:13 Each year, approximately 2,000 to 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma are reported. In the past 20 years, the number of reported cases has increased significantly. Although it can take up to 50 years for symptoms to manifest, mesothelioma patients experience a host of symptoms. These include shortness of breath, or a wheezing and hacking cough [...] Read more:Mesothelioma
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Internet is a gold mine for mesothelioma lawyers 2007-11-23 23:58:47 One man’s misery can be another man’s fortune. This seems to be the case with the mesothelioma victims on the one hand and mesothelioma lawyers on the other. An online feeding frenzy is currently taking place. The average mesothelioma case today is settled at around 1 million dollars, and that figure jumps to 6 million [...] Read more:gold mine
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Police worker dies of mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos as a child 2007-10-15 07:26:29 “She used to play in the boiler rooms in the basement of her family’s council flat in Islington when she was 13 years old and was among a group of 20 child
ren who gathered there in the winter evenings.”
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Volunteers Needed for Asbestos Study 2007-10-10 18:42:17 Voulunteers are wanted for an Australian asbestos study. Monash University will conduct a study of asbestos disease in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley.
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Asbestos worker deaths still rising in Canada 2007-10-09 20:56:04 Mesothelioma/asbestos related deaths
are rising in Canada
. “The OHCOW fears mesothelioma, which can take decades to develop, will soar in coming years. ..”
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Study finds increased mesothelioma death rates in a group of shipyard workers 2007-10-04 22:41:10 A recent study conducted on workers in a US Coast Guard shipyard has found a significantly greater mortality rate associated with lung cancer and mesothelioma compared to the general population. The study also found an increased general mortality rate.
The study followed 4702 (4413 men and 289 women) civilian workers who were employed at the shipyard [...] Read more:Study
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