"Hutt now requires nearly continuous use of supplemental oxygen due to asbestosis . \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"King, now 75 and a widower living in Charlotte, N.C., suffers from asbestosis . \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"It is also linked to the non-cancerous lung disease called asbestosis . \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2021",
"But in many situations, exposure to asbestos fibers is extremely dangerous to humans and causes a virulent lung cancer called mesothelioma as well as a lung disease called asbestosis . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 23 Oct. 2020",
"Workers wanted a 15-cent raise to $1.00 per hour, more time off and better dust control to prevent asbestosis , a hardening of the lungs. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2020",
"People who have been exposed to asbestos have developed life-threatening diseases like asbestosis (a chronic lung disease caused by asbestos exposure), lung cancer, and mesothelioma, NIOSH says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Soon thereafter 15 of them were dead, 14 from asbestosis or mesothelioma. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Aug. 2018"
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"So, too, do several contractors who performed work on the Ash Street property before the building was evacuated due to multiple asbestos violations issued by county regulators. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Due to asbestos removal, lawsuits, and auctions, the complex remained a rotting derelict until razed in 1985. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"Mark Lammon, the current executive director of the Campus District, said that the money spent on asbestos removal would have had to be spent regardless of the building\u2019s ultimate fate. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Along with the asbestos , crews will also be removing mold in the station and making various other repairs. \u2014 Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
"Some of the first construction activities will include asbestos removal, demolition of the loading dock and removal of the metal panels on the east and north sides of the building\u2014 the historic former Schuster's department store, 2153 N. King Drive. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"Roofs leak and ceiling tiles, made with asbestos , fall during rains. \u2014 Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"The Bateses were initially offered the purchase price of about $147,000 in 2016 and the commission then increased the price to about $424,000 in 2017 because of expenses following an asbestos removal, according to the suit. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Contractors left asbestos pipe exposed in a dumpster along Marlboro Street behind Veterans Memorial Stadium in May 2018. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022"
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