"… t. Given the lag time between exposure to asbestos fibers and the onset of disease, health experts say, the country’s prodigious appetite for the mineral w …"

"… nual death toll from mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases in China may reach 15,000 by 2035. It’s the price the nation will pay f …"

"… brace of the mineral appears likely to produce an epidemic of occupational disease.  Valued for its heat and fire resistance, asbestos was once widely u …"

"… says that those who use phrases such as “time bomb” to warn of looming disease outbreaks are biased. The group failed to respond to multiple intervi …"

"… x arduous months to bring to light the canker afflicting Indian cricket, a disease that everybody knew existed but no one was willing to admit. At the end of …"

"… likely to have low incomes because their education was interrupted by the disease, says Elaine Alfano, deputy policy director for the Judge David L. Bazelon …"

"… e treated for depression get better. Compare that with treatment for heart disease, which has a 40 percent rate of success. But you’ve got to have the fund …"

"… ty to describe.”Of greatest concern is the virus that causes smallpox, a disease with a 30 percent death rate. Smallpox was wiped from the planet 24 years …"

"… on.The two locales are centers of an emerging epidemic of asbestos-related disease in India.  Valued for its heat and fire resistance, asbestos was once …"

"… arning labels and trade unions have no mandate to prevent asbestos-related disease at workplaces. Although researchers around the world have linked lung canc …"

"… s. Although researchers around the world have linked lung cancer and other diseases with exposure to the widely used white, or chrysotile, asbestos, the powe …"

"… s of asbestos companies, in turn, demanded proof that asbestos causes lung diseases and dismissed the idea of a ban. When public health advocates produced gl …"

"… mesothelioma — a virulent form of cancer — and other asbestos-related diseases by 2040. Some believe the death toll will be even higher because the …"

"… testing method will undoubtedly elevate the incidence of asbestos-related disease in Japan. … The rates of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related disease …"

"… disease in Japan. … The rates of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases will continue to rise.” Carroll — who uses PLM at his lab, among othe …"

"… han 3,500 Japanese are believed to have died in 2008 from asbestos-related diseases — many because of exposures they had to the mineral decades ago.Fifty-y …"

"… sary for AID to promote public health instead of tobacco-related death and disease,” he said. “AID should long ago have ceased encouraging the production …"

"… against tobacco companies, plaintiffs claims that cigarettes caused their disease had to overcome the issue of their own contributory negligence. Moores sui …"

"… ay be caused by a patient’s underlying condition — in this case, heart disease. And the reports, say FDA officials, may be affected by “publicity about …"

"… ssume that any deterioration that occurs is due simply to their underlying disease; this is well-known to lead to vast underreporting of drug-related adverse …"

"… kind sold as snack food in your local grocery store suffered from a fungal disease, robbing him of a season of work. Because of this pest, Koetz’s crop was …"

"… f my crop, came back a week later and said to me, ‘We can’t cover this disease’. He told me this even though my policy says that I’m covered against …"

"… h my policy says that I’m covered against all plant- and weather-related diseases,” Koetz said. “I’ve been paying crop insurance for years and in one …"