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February 2006 - Terry McCann's Story
"I was proud to represent my country in the 1960 Olympics in Rome and bring home a gold medal in wrestling. It was one of the highlights of my life to stand on that podium representing every American. Today, just breathing deeply is an accomplishment. I am dying of mesothelioma, an incurable cancer caused only by asbestos exposure..."
April 2005 - Specter Asbestos Proposal: More Protection for Corporate America
The Specter asbestos trust fund proposal continues to give priority to the interests of asbestos defendants and their insurers over those of the workers they knowingly poisoned.
March 2004 - Asbestos Myths and Facts
Setting the record straight about asbestos-related companies, asbestos victims, and the proposed legislation intended to make it more difficult for them to find justice.
March 2004 - Asbestos: A Clear & Present Danger
Every year, more than one million workers are exposed to asbestos, a deadly material found everywhere from roofing compounds to brake linings.
March 2004 - Illnesses Caused by Asbestos Exposure
Asbestos is a public health catastrophe that has already killed 300,000 Americans and will eventually kill an additional half million or more. Millions of people exposed to asbestos suffer from asbestosis and pleural diseases. Hundreds of thousands more workers suffer from a debilitating scarring of the lungs.
March 2004 - Fact Sheet: The Frist/Hatch National Asbestos Trust Fund
Millions of Americans continue to be exposed to asbestos and many will become seriously ill or die as a result. If the Frist/Hatch bailout bill becomes law, they will be shut out of the civil justice system and forced into the new trust fund with more obstacles, fewer rights and lower compensation.
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