Asbestos Crisis: 100,000 will die next ten yrs. - think Cheney [View All]

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=15&u=/nm/health_asbestos_dc

Study Warns U.S. Facing Asbestos Crisis

Ten-thousand Americans die each year from asbestos-related diseases and the number appears to be increasing in a growing public health crisis, a report by an environmental research group said on Thursday.

The analysis by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group projects that more than 100,000 people in the United States will die of four asbestos-related diseases -- mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer and gastrointestinal cancer -- over the next 10 years.

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"This is not an issue of bankruptcy (for asbestos firms). This is a public health issue," Wiles said.

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Asbestos companies and insurers proposed a $114 billion fund to pay victims' claims in talks last year. Labor representatives said the sum was too low.
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health care is going to crash