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  2. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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    Illnesses arise long after exposure: asbestos related diseases can arise decades after actual exposure. Asbestos industry alleged misconduct: alleged concealing, distorting, and suppressing of risk related information, by asbestos related businesses. As of 1999, trends indicate that the worldwide rate at which people are diagnosed with asbestos ...

  3. IARC group 2A - Wikipedia

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    IARC group 2A agents are substances and exposure circumstances that have been classified as probable carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). [1] This designation is applied when there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans, as well as sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals .

  4. Asbestos-related diseases - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos-related diseases are disorders of the lung and pleura caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres. Asbestos-related diseases include non-malignant disorders such as asbestosis (pulmonary fibrosis due to asbestos), diffuse pleural thickening, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, rounded atelectasis and malignancies such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma.

  5. J&J gets $260 million talc verdict overturned in Oregon, new ...

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    J&J has said that its talc is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer. Lee, who sued J&J along with her husband, was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year at age 48.

  6. Asbestosis - Wikipedia

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    Since then, many lawsuits have been filed against asbestos manufacturers and employers, for neglecting to implement safety measures after the link between asbestos, asbestosis and mesothelioma became known (some reports seem to place this as early as 1898 in modern times). The liability resulting from the sheer number of lawsuits and people ...

  7. Mesothelioma - Wikipedia

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    A history of exposure to asbestos may increase clinical suspicion for mesothelioma. A physical examination is performed, followed by chest X-ray and often lung function tests. The X-ray may reveal pleural thickening commonly seen after asbestos exposure and increases suspicion of mesothelioma. [15] A CT (or CAT) scan or an MRI is usually performed.

  8. Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett's railroad company ...

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    Attorneys for the railroad said prospective jurors would be prejudiced by the article, which quoted a 61-year-old Libby resident who has an asbestos-related disease as saying he used to play in ...

  9. Mahi-mahi - Wikipedia

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    Mahi-mahi have compressed bodies and one very long dorsal fin extending from the head almost to the tail fin. Mature males have distinctive " foreheads "; it grows as the fish matures and often protrudes well above the body proper, which is streamlined by the musculature of the back.