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Business/Financial Desk | May 10, 2003, Saturday
Panel Urges Complete Ban On Products With Asbestos

By ALEX BERENSON (NYT) 595 words
Late Edition - Final , Section C , Page 4 , Column 5

LEAD PARAGRAPH - Asbestos should be banned from all new products sold in the United States, according to a draft study from a panel that included doctors, business and government experts and union representatives.

The use of asbestos, a heat-resistant mineral put in insulation, roofing tiles and brakes, has fallen drastically since the early 1970's, when it was conclusively linked to lung and other cancers. Asbestos mining ended in the United States last year.



 

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