Asbestos bill may suffer with new data on Canadian imports. From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: October 26, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Andrew Schneider

ASBESTOS, Quebec _ Shipments to U.S. ports of potentially hazardous asbestos brake material have increased 300 percent in the past decade. But rather than acting to stem the tide, Washington lawmakers are engaged in a fierce effort to pass legislation that will prevent victims of asbestos-related disease from suing American companies.

The two-year-long battle to pass the so-called Asbestos Fairness Act would set up a government-run fund for asbestos victims and control who could or could not sue. It was based on the premise that the cancer-causing ...

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