asbestos
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He won a jury verdict of about $115 million in 1998 for 21 steelworkers who fell ill after using machinery that contained asbestos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
To visualize microscopic asbestos fibers in talcum powder, he brought a bale of hay into a courtroom and dropped a needle into the blades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Under the bill, however, insurers would be required to cover testing for lead, asbestos and other contaminants that have been found in soot, char and ash inside homes after a wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
His wife Jean died in 2009 at the age of 62, decades after she was exposed to asbestos when walking past heaps of the material resembling "the white cliffs of Dover" as a child.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
He pulled the curtain and she saw the asbestos roll up like a giant’s shade.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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