An Italian chef who worked at an asbestos-contaminated pizza restaurant in the UK during the 1980s was diagnosed with
mesothelioma in 2008 and recently secured financial compensation.
According to the Salisbury Journal, Luigi
Pes was exposed to asbestos found in the oven and ceiling ofthe
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A clinic in Libby, Montana, has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to continue screening individuals who have been exposed to asbestos and may have developed a lung disease as a result.
The Republic newspaper reported that the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) was awarded the four-yeargrant
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An annual running event that raises awareness for mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked form of cancer, is offering $6,200 in prize money this year.
The 5K race and an associated 2K walk in Alton, Illinois, will take place on September 24 for the third time. Proceeds from the event benefit theMesothelioma
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An elderly man who had worked for 37 years in a UK pottery firm where he was required to use asbestos-containing rope has died from a cancer related to the hazardous mineral.
The Sentinel in Staffordshire reported that 87-year-old George Harrison of Hanley, worked for Johnson's Pottery as a kiln workerfrom
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A coroner has determined that the death of a 65-year-old man in the UK was caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos.
According to The Gloucestershire Gazette, the coroner said that John Ormrod died this past March from malignant mesothelioma. He said there was clear evidence in the autopsy thatOrmrod
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