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Asbestos: States Look to Medical-Criteria Laws

A growing number of state legislatures have enacted or are considering enacting medical-criteria laws to help control the anticipated climb in the number claims filed by people diagnosed with pulmonary diseases but have yet to show any physical side effects of asbestos or silica exposure.


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