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		<title>Unknown Toxicity of Nanotubes Sparking EPA Interest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA is taking an active role in developing extending existing regulatory frameworks for potentially toxic manufacturing materials to nanotechnology.  The Agency wants to ensure that manufacturers of carbon nanotubes meet their Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) obligations in registering new molecular formulations of carbon nanotubes and other nanotechnology building blocks.
The overriding concern on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Asbestos Mine Executive Found Liable</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vermont has a first class asbestos carcass on its hands in the form of the three former asbestos mines on Belvidere Mountain near Lowell, VT.  The site is over 2,500 acres when former mine real estate is combined with the piles of discarded rubble, collecting ponds and infrastructure surrounding the site.  The instances of asbestos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Court Backs Asbestos Liability Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 the Scottish Parliament passed the “2009 Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act.”  The law holds in part, that people suffering from non-malignant pleural plaques caused by asbestos are entitled to liability compensation.  Pleural plaques are benign calcified growths that develop on the lining of the chest cavity and the lungs, often as the result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Mesothelioma Cases Continue to Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia has its own history of asbestos mining and manufacturing that can rival that of the United States.  It also has a history of asbestos exposure and resultant illness that at the moment, surpasses the level of illness in the United States.  The chief corporate player in the story is the James Hardie Corporation, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Superfund Targets Pennsylvania Asbestos Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA has gotten more aggressive about industrial contamination in general and about asbestos exposure in particular over the past year.  In Pennsylvania, it has listed the “Borit” site as a contamination site in need of quick remediation.
The Borit Asbestos site was used to dispose of asbestos-containing material which came from a nearby asbestos manufacturing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL Hall of Famer Files Asbestos Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merlin Olsen, a standout lineman for the Utah State  University football teams and later with the Los Angeles Rams, has been diagnosed with mesothelioma and has filed a lawsuit against multiple companies claiming that his asbestos exposure was caused by negligence.  Olsen had a stellar NFL career, claiming Rookie of the Year honors in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 Responders&#8217; Respiratory Problems Continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The airborne cloud of toxicity that hung over the World Trade  Center site after its destruction has had an immense impact on individuals who worked in rescue and recovery efforts, and in the initial demolition efforts.  There has been no comprehensive assessment of the medical problems that have resulted from the tragedy and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Woman&#8217;s Story of the Montana Asbestos Epidemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tale of the W.R. Grace vermiculite mine that turned out ore contaminated with asbestos for decades is old news.  The mine is located in Libby, Montana; has been declared an EPA Superfund site, the town has been named a health disaster area, and its citizens have been folded into Medicare coverage in the recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Asbestos Exec Swimming Upstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Star has run a two-part series on the continuing asbestos mining industry that exists in Quebec.  There are two mines still in operation in the province: the Thetford Mines in Thetford and the Jeffrey mine, located in Asbestos, Quebec – a mine that was opened by the Johns Manville Corp. in 1879 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile of Two Montana Asbestos Victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Daily Inter Lake, a northwest Montana news publication, interviewed several residents of Libby, Montana where the infamous W.R. Grace vermiculite mine is located.  The mine was closed in 1990 but not before its asbestos-contaminated ore and the operations of the mine’s milling facility brought asbestos cancer and other asbestos related respiratory diseases to [...]]]></description>
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