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... $140B fund for asbestos clears hurdle Published: 02.10.2006 advertisement WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected an attempt Thursday to keep asbestos cases in the courts, removing one obstacle to the creation of a $140 billion trust fu...

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... Online NewsHour: Senate Debates Compensation for Asbestos Victims- February 9, 2006 ASBESTOS VICTIM COMPENSATION February 9, 2006 A proposed Senate bill would create a $140 billion trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos exposure.

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Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah provide opposing viewpoints on the effectiveness of the plan to help around 700,000 people who have claimed health problems as a result of asbestos exposure.

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SenateOccupational Safety & Health Administration: Asbestos Environmental Protection Agency: Asbestos SPENCER MICHELS: It took 30 years but this week the Senate finally agreed to begin debating legislation for a new way to compensate asbestos victims.

Some 700,000 people have claimed serious injury from exposure while working with or around the cancer-causing mineral that was commonly used in insulation and fireproofing until the mid 1970s.

Many sued the companies they worked for and awards in those suits have bankrupted almost 80 firms.

But some 300,000 cases are still pending.

The Senate bill would establish a privately supported $140 billion t...