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... Asbestos: One-Time ‘Magic’ Mineral Now a Worldwide Health Menace as Human Toll from Exposure Reaches Epidemic Proportions Personal Injury Drug Side Effects Prodcut Recall News December 07 2005 Site · Home FAA More Headlines from December 7, 2005 Asbestos: One-Time ‘Magic’ Mineral Now a Worldwide Health Menace as Human Toll from Exposure Reaches Epidemic Proportions Date Published: December 7, 2005 By Steve DiJoseph On Monday, major settlements of asbestos-related death and injury claims were announced in Japan and Australia.

The United States has been the center of asbestos-related litigation for several years and at present, Congress is attempting to reach an accord with respect to a trust fund that would finance the resolution of asbestos claims over the next several decades by shielding the corporations responsible for the problem by implementing what many see as nothing more than a corporate bailout of the asbestos industry.

Simply stated, asbestos is as deadly a natural time-bomb as the world has ever known.

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NEWS ALERTS MyRedding E-mail PRINT THIS STORY | E-MAIL THIS STORY Bright new future seen in pay-per-call adsBy VERNE KOPYTOFFDecember 5, 2005Using Internet ads to connect potential customers with dentists is a challenge for Larry Twersky, president of 1-800 Dentist.

People with toothaches prefer calling the company's live representatives to get a recommendation for a dentist.

Simply linking them to the company's Web site, as Internet ads generally d...

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Using Internet ads to connect potential customers with dentists is a challenge for Larry Twersky, president of 1-800 Dentist.

People with toothaches prefer calling the company's live representatives to get a recommendation for a dentist.

Simply linking them to the company's Web site, as Internet ads generally do, doesn't quite compare.

But a new kind of online marketing has won Twersky's praise.

The ads, called pay-per-call, ask users to get on the phone instead of clicking on a link or sending an e-mail.

"The results look pretty good," Twersky said.

"We're getting significant enough value that we're going to spend more money on it." Yahoo, Goog...