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A newspaper page with two Associated Press articles. The first reports that the federal government agreed to pay $5.75 million to settle its share of a suit by 445 asbestos workers at a Tyler, Texas plant co-owned by PPG Industries and Corning Glass Works. The second reports HEW Secretary Califano's estimate that at least 20 percent of cancer deaths are linked to workplace exposures, with asbestos named as the leading cause. unreviewed
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Associated Press. "Asbestos Suit Burns U. S."
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This is document UC-1941 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. Production numbers BRG 0473.
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Associated Press (wire service). “Associated Press Newspaper Clippings: Government Settles Tyler, Texas Asbestos Suit and HEW Estimates 20% of Cancer Deaths Tied to Jobs.” Union Carbide documents, UC-1941, Bates BRG 0473. Associated Press (newspaper clipping, newspaper not identified). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1941.
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