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• n  lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

• The $120 billion figure that you quote for Lloyd's losses from asbestosis is demonstrably inaccurate, since less than $4 billion of Lloyd's declared net losses to date can be .
• Savall, 65, got asbestosis not by working in the asbestos factory he was a school principal but merely by exposure to the dust clouds that swept across the town.
• His big break came when a shipyard worker approached him for help getting treatment for a lung disease that turned out to be asbestosis.

News & Articles

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• Firefighters band together to help their chief
  The Ishpeming Township Fire Department is hosting a benefit dinner on September 21 to help the fire chief who has asbestosis
  Aug. 29, 2013 - WLUC Marquette

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in Shields Gazette
  In response to Mr Hepburn's question, Mr Brown said: "I am grateful to my honourable friend for raising the House of Lords judgement, which now has to be answered. Asbestosis and mesothelioma are terrible diseases, and all of us who have seen the...
• Wayne Swan in The Age
  It's ugly politics from Tony Abbott,Mr Swan told Nine. "It's just not good enough. Bernie Banton is a legend, Bernie Banton has received the Order of Australia for his activities on behalf of the victims of asbestosis. The most...
• Barack Obama in AFP
  The victims of James Hardie deserve to have their compensation and their money and I cannot see that Peter Costello could look (asbestosis sufferer and campaigner) Bernie Banton in the eye and say: 'I will refuse to enable the funds to achieve... Morris Iemma http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Iemma&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE9ZgTjBFtkt4_EqoJyLtYj3lFYvA The Age http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Govt-wont-get-involved-in-Hardie-deal/2005/12/16/1134676433632.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH-Z8xfeHDFozXy6i3t_zl1ubyKxA Dec 15, 2005 5712 8492 ascend There are more than seven million fewer Americans with jobs today than when this recession began. That's a staggering figure and one that reflects not only the depths of the hole from which we must ascend, but also a continuing human tragedy,"...