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Adding to the stressful financial situation is the fact that their house contained asbestos and lead paint.

Imagine how their life changed when Ty Pennington and the design team of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" showed up on their doorstep on March 22, 2006 to announce that they had been chosen from thousands of applicants to receive a brand new home thanks to local residential builder/developer Dewey Companies of Wayne, PA.

In July 1997, William and Carole Py's 33-year old son-in-law took a nap and never woke up.

He passed away from a brain aneurysm, leaving behind a young widow and three little children.

But the worst was yet to come.

While pregnant with the youngest child, Joey, the Py's daughter Sandra was diagnosed with breast cancer.

She picked up her children and moved in with her parents.

In November 1998 at the age of 28, Sandra lost her battle with cancer leaving behind her three beautiful children.

Now Grandma and Granpop Py are worried that the asbestos and lead paint in their home cou...

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Colleges Outdoors Fishing Report Motor sports Business Entertainment Entertainment Crosswords Features Features Home & Garden Religion Southern Style Food Opinion Opinion Forums Obituaries HealthScene Travel ADVERTISEMENT March 22, 2006 ADVERTISEMENT Lung disease claims drawing scrutiny Lawyers advertised for people to undergo screenings for malady By Ana Radelat Clarion-Ledger Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — During his 15 years as a sandblaster, Charles Shoemaker did little to protect himself from the minute particles that constantly hovered around him as he worked.The 53-year-old construction worker from Brandon, Miss., now worries that silica, the primary ingredient in sand and most rocks, settled in his lungs and caused silicosis, a disease that has killed and crippled thousands of industrial workers."When I first started working I didn't know what silicosis was," Shoemaker said.

"But now I know that it's something that could develop over years and kill me."Such fears have led to a staggering surge in silicosis claims targeting a variety of industries.

A few years ago, trial lawyers beg...