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propertyguide jobsguide autoguide farmonline The Transcontinental Wednesday, 22 March 2006 Welcome to portaugusta yourguide News Local Sport Editorial Search Weather Marketplace Classifieds Real Estate Jobs Autos Community Your Say Events Club Pages Entertainment Local Links Contact Us Subscribe Advertise All | General News Resident Owen Grantham with some of the asbestos found in bush land off Yorkey's Crossing Road.

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Meegan Bruff Wednesday, 22 March 2006 Asbestos has been discovered dumped in bush land less than two kilometres out of Port Augusta.

Local resident Owen Grantham discovered the extremely dangerous material in bush land about 1.8km out on the right hand side of Yorkey's Crossing Road.

The asbestos has been dumped in at least two different parts of the large area, both in full sheets and broken pieces.

Mr Grantham, who has a form of asbestosis himself, is concerned that residents are dumping the material where others can be exposed to the dangers, which include lung damage, heart damage, cancer and other disabilities.

"Asbestos can kill people, you only want one piece of that down your throat," Mr Grantham said.

"It has been here for about six months now - someone is renovating their house and they are unaware of the damage it could be doing to other people who c...

... News Article - WJBDRadio.com < > 3/21/06 Opening Statements Begin in Marion County Asbestos Suit A Marion County Jury is being asked to decide if two former employees of the Illinois Central Railroad should be awarded any damages for health problems they say were caused by exposure to asbestos at the former railyards in Centralia.

Opening statements in the civil suit brought by Joe Denk, now of Midlothian, and Dan Hogan, now of Manteno, was heard in Marion County Court Tuesday morning.

The attorney for the two men, William Gavin, claims the asbestos caused Hogan to develop lung cancer in 1999 and Denk to develop asbestosis, an incurable and progressive disease that scars the lungs.

An attorney for the Illinois Central, Thomas Peters, says they will show the type of lung cancer Hogan developed is usually tied to cigarette smoking.

Peters claims Denk's lung ex-rays are nearly normal for an 87-year-old man.

Peters also denies the railroad knew asbestos caused cancer before 1958, the same year Hogan left the railroad.

Not so according to Gavin, who says he will present documents that show Doctor's began meeting on the health issues caused by asbestos in 1935.

He claims the railroad knew exactly how to prevent the disease, did nothing, and hid the dangers of asbestos from its employees.

Gavin calls the railroad's failure to take action a blatant and deliberate disregard for the safety of the two men.

Testimony in the trial is expected to take two weeks to present.

The su...

... Daily Times - Site Edition Home Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Main News National Islamabad Karachi Lahore Briefs Foreign Editorial Business Sport Infotainment Advertise Site Search Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Scrapped UK warship: Large amount of asbestos found dumped near Gadani By Maqbool Ahmed and Aziz SanghurKARACHI: After a British warship was dismantled at a Gadani ship-breaking yard, a massive quantity of asbestos was found dumped in the coastal area of district Lasbella in Balochistan.

During a survey of the area around the ship-breaking yard, Daily Times found a large quantity of the chemical dumped in medium-sized polythene bags.

Locals told Daily Times that during the past one week, they kept discovering dozens of green turtles dead along the shore.

They said that when they asked the people who worked at the ship-breaking yard what had happened, they were told that the chemical bags fell from the trucks while being transported out of Lasbella district.

The UK-based Sunday Telegraph reported a few days back that an asbestos-riddled British warship was being dismantled in Pakistan.

The ship, Sir Geraint, which had previously been used in the Falklands War, was currently being broken up at the Gadani shipyard in Balochistan, the newspaper had reported.Sources in Gadani Customs House told Daily Times whenever a ship arrives for breaking-up in Gadani, the customs authorit...