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LANSING -- People who stripped minerals at a plant in Dearborn between the early 1950s and 1990 were exposed to hazardous levels of asbestos, according to a public health consultation released Tuesday by state and federal officials.
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By The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C.  Dec. 14--The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation  office of Occupational Safety and Health Act is investigating an industrial  accident that occurred at the Husqvarna Outdoor Products' facility outside  Orangeburg.
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NEW YORK  - After asbestos exposure, men are more likely than women to develop malignant mesothelioma, according to an Australian study.
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A handful of employees at the MotorCity Casino in Detroit are being treated for tuberculosis and will receive further tests to determine whether their exposure to the disease has turned to infection.
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A Michigan company began testing its 200 employees for smoking in January. In the future, they will be subject to random testing. If they fail, they will be fired.
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Workers at a car factory have been advised to wear face masks after an investigation was launched into a âlarge numberâ of occupational lung disease cases, it was learned today.
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Chenjiashan Mine, China - Poisonous fumes were Monday preventing rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped underground at a coal mine in northern China after an explosion which killed 25 of their colleagues.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 12--LAUREL -- Attorneys representing DuPont's titanium-dioxide plant in DeLisle are asking the Jones County Circuit Court to throw out most of the 1,951 toxic-exposure lawsuits pending against the chemical giant.
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 13--A chlorine leak at a chemical plant on Tacoma's waterfront Monday night sent a large force of firefighters and medical personnel to the scene and forced the evacuation of the industrial area around the plant.
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By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 20--One of the most egregious pieces of unfinished business from 9/11 is the continuing vulnerability of chemical plants to terrorist attack.
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The federal safety level for benzene, a leukemia-causing air toxin found throughout Houston and routinely inhaled by petrochemical plant workers, is too high to protect workers from blood cell
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NEW YORK  - Infection with simian virus 40  (SV40) plays little or no role in the development of  mesothelioma, a cancer affecting the lining of the lungs that  has been linked to asbestos exposure, according to a report in  The Lancet.
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  Environmental and health groups say the presence of dozens of industrial chemicals in 13 Mainers who volunteered for a study underscores the need for new policies to protect the public from potential toxins found in everyday consumer products.
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The first study of a large group of workers breathing air with very low levels of benzene suggests that the chemical may harm the bone marrow.
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By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jan. 30--LIBBY, Mont. -- After finishing a shift at the vermiculite mine, Les Skramstad would come home covered in the white dust of asbestos.   He'd find the dust in deep recesses of his wallet.
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Contaminated groundwater tainted with trichloroethylene has led to a  dangerous plume that is now affecting the air quality in homes near the  Behr-Dayton Thermal Products Plant in Dayton, Ohio. The U.S.
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Even &quot;safe&quot; levels of benzene damage immune system cells and could lead to cancer or other problems, US and Chinese researchers reported on Thursday.