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2. Michael Perry v. American International Industries - Wikipedia

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   The case centered on allegations that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, including their iconic Baby Powder, contained asbestos, which ultimately led to Mr. Perry’s cancer. This lawsuit is part of a broader legal battle involving thousands of similar claims against Johnson & Johnson and other companies for their failure to ensure the ...

3. Asbestos and the law (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...

4. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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   The British Government's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has promoted rigorous controls on asbestos handling, based on reports linking exposure to asbestos dust or fibres with thousands of annual deaths from mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer. "Over 5,000 asbestos-related disease deaths per year currently (2022)" [52]

5. EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US - AOL

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   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial ...

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

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   People who lived and worked in Libby breathed in the microscopic needle-shaped asbestos fibers that can cause lung scarring and the lung cancer mesothelioma, the lawsuit argues. Wells, 65, died in ...

7. $6 million awarded in asbestos lawsuit against Ford, others - AOL

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   A St. Louis jury has ruled that Ford Motor Co. and other companies must pay $6 million to a Missouri family over claims that a woman's death was caused by exposure to asbestos, including from dust ...

8. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos warning label. Figure A shows the location of the lungs, airways, pleura, and diaphragm in the body. Figure B shows lungs with asbestos-related diseases, including pleural plaque, lung cancer, asbestosis, plaque on the diaphragm, and mesothelioma. Left-sided mesothelioma (seen on the right of the picture): chest CT

9. Johnson & Johnson wins California lawsuit claiming asbestos ...

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   A California jury on Thursday ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed the cancer after using their products.