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... Haaretz - Israel News - Lack of insurance keeps state inspectors from asbestos sites Subscribe to Print Edition Israel Time: 10:41 (EST+7) Search site Back to Homepage Print Edition Diplomacy Defense Opinion National Arts & Leisure Anglo File Sports Q&A Magazine Week's End Travel Business Underground Jewish World Real Estate Last update - 10:41 19/01/2006 Lack of insurance keeps state inspectors from asbestos sites By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondent The Environment Ministry stopped dealing with asbestos contamination about two months ago due to disputes regarding insurance for its inspectors.

Meanwhile, the problem is growing in severity in various locations in the country.The ministry has reported there are hundreds of contaminated site that have gone untreated, many of them residences and schools.

The situation is particularly severe in Nahariya, where a factory produced the material for years.

Advertisement It was suggested in the past that the Environment Ministry provide its inspectors insurance during their tenure with the ministry only, because asbestos-related cancer develops decades after exposure to the material.

Another suggestion made by Finance Ministry officials was to acquire inspectors from outside suppliers, which would exempt the state from having to provide insurance.

However, according to an opinion written by the legal bureau of the Environment Ministry, it is forbidden to hire outside contractors...

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Keyword Search: Past Issues (MM/DD/YY): // Special Reports Gazette State Poll MORE SPECIAL REPORTS January 18, 2006Last modified January 18, 2006 - 6:40 pm Burns criticizes Baucus provision to pay sickened Libby residents Burns criticizes Baucus provision to pay sickened Libby residents By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON - Montana Sen.

Conrad Burns said Wednesday that he opposes a pending senate bill designed to compensate residents of Libby, Mont., who have been sickened by asbestos.

Burns, a Republican, is opposing a provision authored by the state's other senator, Democrat Max Baucus.

The language, which would pay sickened Libby residents up to $1.1 million each for asbestos-related diseases, is included in larger asbestos legislation passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee last year.

The Senate is expected to take up the bill in coming weeks.

About 200 deaths and many more cases of asbestos-related disease have been blamed on asbestos contamination associated with Libby's vermiculite mine, which was operated by W.R.

Grace & Co.

and closed in 1990.

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Burns said he opposes the legislation because it does not use a certain test to determine who would be eligible for the compensation.

The test, called the diffusion capacity test, measures the lungs' efficiency to pa...