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My husband worked in the shipyards before I met him. We were married for 32 1/2 years when we learned that he had Mesothelioma--caused from asbestos. He had been diagnosed over the years with bronchitis, emphysema and...
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Hi: My father died of mesothelinoma on August 22, 1984. He was one of the first people to take on the companies like Mansville, Owens-Corning that poisoned so many people from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Twin Towers...
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I was diagnosed with Mesothelioma when I was 31. I was told it was from second hand exposure. I was in stage III the cancer was very aggressive. I had trouble breathing and each breath was painful. I was told I had pluerel...
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I had never heard of Asbestos until I came to work as a customer service rep for a legal service that provides help to people who were exposed to asbestos and who had family or friends who died from an asbestos...
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I am an asbestos removalist and have been for 18 years. I have reported the government of Queensland in Australia for breaches in workplace health and safety and actions which go against the code of practise for safe removal...
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I lost one of my younger sisters to asbestos in may 2006. Our story is in our local herald today. Beverley was 46 and one of 8 sisters. She picked up the mesothelioma from our father's work clothes. Sadly, no compensation was...
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My Dad enlisted into the U.S. Army on November 9, 1942. Unknowingly, he was exposed to asbestos-contained products while he performed his military duties. In the early 80's he suffered with a severe sore throat for over a yea...
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When I was in the Navy our ship's boiler blew up. The shipyard was brought in to fix the boiler. As they were cutting it open I was standing on fire watch with a fire extinguisher in hand and sitting next to the boiler under ...
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