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'''[[Company Name:=Lawyer Central for Mesothelioma|Lawyer Central for Mesothelioma]]''' [[keyword:=Abdominal Mesothelioma|is]] [[keyword:=Mesothelioma Settlements|the]] [[keyword:=Mesothelioma lawyers|definitive]] listing on the internet ~~for all of your Mesothelioma~~ related ~~law needs~~.

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'''[[Company Name:=Lawyer Central for Mesothelioma|Lawyer Central for Mesothelioma]]''' [[keyword:=Abdominal Mesothelioma|is]] [[keyword:=Mesothelioma Settlements|the]] [[keyword:=Mesothelioma lawyers|definitive]] listing on the internet information and resources related to mesothelioma.

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==[[keyword:=What Is Mesothelioma|What Is Mesothelioma?]]==

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'''Mesothelioma''' is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.<ref name="dhs">United States Department of Health and Human Services.</ref> In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).<p>

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[[Image:Mesothelioma lung.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A lung ravaged by mesothelioma.]]

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'''[[Subject_Interest::Mesothelioma|Mesothelioma]]''' is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.<ref name="dhs">United States Department of Health and Human Services.</ref> In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).<p>

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products. There is no association between mesothelioma and smoking.<ref name="muscat">"Cigarette smoking, asbestos exposure, and malignant mesothelioma" by Muscat JE, Wynder EL in ''Cancer Research'' (1991) volume 51 pages 2263-7 {{Entrez Pubmed|2015590|}}.</ref>

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By 1979 the first writs for negligence related to Wittenoom were issued against CSR and its subsidiary ABA, and the Asbestos Diseases Society was formed to represent the Wittenoom victims.

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The American Bar Association states that a growing number of claimants do not, and may never, suffer from [[keyword:=asbestos illness|asbestos illness]]. Because of the fear of a running statute of limitations, many people file claims who are not presently ill, but have had X-rays that show changes 'consistent with' asbestos disease. This 'now or never filing' is clogging the courts and delaying seriously ill claimants from having their cases heard. To alleviate this problem, the ABA recommends that (1) a clear standard of impairment be implemented, and (2) the statute of limitations not start ticking until a person actually becomes ill.[http://www.abanet.org/poladv/priorities/asbestos.html]

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In the [[Directory:United States of America|United States]], 10,000 people a year die from asbestos-caused diseases, including one out of every 125 American men who die over the age of 50. [http://www.ewg.org/reports/asbestos/facts/fact1.php] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has no general ban on the use of asbestos. However, asbestos was one of the first hazardous air pollutants regulated under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act of 1970, and many applications have been forbidden by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). [http://www.answers.com/topic/asbestos]

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According to a September 2004 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, asbestos is still a hazard for 1.3 million US workers in the construction industry and for workers involved in the maintenance of buildings and equipment. [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13500]

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A Senate Subcommittee of the Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee heard testimony on July 31, 2001, regarding the [[keyword:=health effects of asbestos|health effects of asbestos]]. Members of the public, doctors, and scientists called for the United States to join other countries in a ban on the product.[http://www.btinternet.com/~ibas/lka_us_congress.htm]

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===Recent Legal Developments===

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Asbestos-related cases increased significantly on the U.S. Supreme Court docket after 1980. The Court has dealt with several asbestos-related cases since 1986. Two large class action settlements, designed to limit liability, came before the Court in 1997 and 1999. Both settlements were ultimately rejected by the Court because they would exclude future claimants, or those who later developed asbestos-related illnesses. ''See'' [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-270.ZO.html ''Amchem Products v. Windsor et al''] and [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/97-1704.ZS.html ''Ortiz v. Fireboard Corp.'']These rulings addressed the 20-50 year latency period of serious asbestos-related illnesses.

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Congress is still considering legislation from 2005 entitled the "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005". The Act would establish a $140 billion trust fund to supplant litigation as a means to compensate victims of asbestos and limit liability. On April 26, 2005, Dr. Philip Landrigan, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount SInai School of Medicine, [http://www.ewg.org/reports_content/lungcancer/pdf/asbestos_testimony.pdf testified] before the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary against this proposed legislation. He testified that many of the bill's provisions are unsupported by medicine and would unfairly exclude a large number of people who have become ill or died from asbestos: "The approach to the diagnosis of disease caused by asbestos that is set forth in this bill is not consistent with the diagnostic criteria established by the American Thoracic Society. If the bill is to deliver on its promise of fairness, these criteria will need to be revised." Also opposing the bill are the American Public Health Association and the Asbestos Workers Union.[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/05/senate-judiciary-committee-wants.php]

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On June 14, 2006, the Senate Judiciary Committee Committee approved an amendment to the Act which would allow victims of mesothelioma $1.1M within 30 days of their claim's approval.[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/05/senate-judiciary-committee-wants.php] This version would also expand eligible claimants to people exposed to asbestos from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, and to construction debris in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C06%5C12%5Cstory_12-6-2006_pg6_25]

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