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Asbestos: Senate panel passes bill, looks to further changes on floor

Environment & Energy Daily, Allison A. Freeman
Published May 26, 2005

After a month of markups, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed its massive $140 billion asbestos trust fund bill yesterday on a bipartisan vote, sending the bill on in what members predicted will be a difficult road to passage on the floor... A report last year from the Environmental Working Group found that more than 100,000 people live within half a mile of an asbestos site in need of cleanup... To view the rest of this article, please visit www.eenews.net/EEDaily.php
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