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Man with cancer fights to stop his own autopsyFriday, October 31, 2008 @ 10:25PMJames Ross, a 71-year-old Seattle retiree afflicted with asbestosis, has filed suit in King County Superior court asking that he not be autopsied following his death.

Report on vermiculite asbestos exposureThursday, October 30, 2008 @ 4:52PM WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Vermiculite mined in Libby, Mont., and distributed nationwide was contaminated with amphibole asbestos which has been linked to lung disease, officials said.

Three indicted in environmental / asbestos caseThursday, October 16, 2008 @ 10:42AM UTICA, N.Y. - Andrew T. Baxter, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced the Indictment of Paul Mancuso, 45, of Utica; Lester Mancuso, 70, Utica; and Steven Mancuso, 37, of Utica, in an environmental/asbestos case.

Deadline nears to file Zonolite claimThursday, October 2, 2008 @ 9:52PMPeople who don’t know whether their homes contain Zonolite Attic Insulation might consider hiring a home inspector to check, said Spokane attorney Darrell Scott.

School NotesFriday, July 25, 2008 @ 1:26AMAssumption BVM School in West Grove is continuing an asbestos removal project this summer, thanks in part to more than $70,000 in grant money from three organizations during the past school year.

JapanToday : Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読むMonday, July 14, 2008 @ 8:47PMWhen one thinks of Oji Paper, Japan’s largest paper manufacturing company (in terms of consolidated sales), the image is of vast green forests in Hokkaido, excellent paper-making technology, and the guiding hand of Eichi Shibusawa.

JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読むMonday, July 14, 2008 @ 8:47PMWhen one thinks of Oji Paper, Japan’s largest paper manufacturing company (in terms of consolidated sales), the image is of vast green forests in Hokkaido, excellent paper-making technology, and the guiding hand of Eichi Shibusawa.

$250M W.R. Grace settlement for Montana asbestosTuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 2:19PMA federal bankruptcy judge on Monday approved an agreement for W.R. Grace & Co. To reimburse the federal government $250 million for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination in a Montana town.