Sentences with phrase «worker developed cancer»

The worker developed cancer where he had been injured, and the defendant was held to be liable for all harm caused, even though the cancer was not yet diagnosed.

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Each year in the US alone, 10,000 workers die from cancers related to pesticide use, while in developing countries, that figure more than doubles.

Among the 600,000 recovery workers and local residents who received a significant dose of radiation, the WHO estimates that up to 4,000 of them, or 0.7 percent, will develop a fatal cancer related to Chernobyl.

The TMC is developing a project in Bombay to train health workers to check more than 70 000 women a year for breast cancer.

When the ageing survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs and the contaminated Mayak workers started to develop cardiovascular disease at above - normal rates, it became clear that radiation does more than just cause cancer.

One study found PFOA production workers in the US had a three-fold increase in developing prostate cancer.

This is why we see many cases of workers who have since retired or have not worked with asbestos in decades who have gone on to develop lung cancer due to asbestos exposure.

With Baron & Budd's support, Public Justice convinced the court that when railroad workers develops asbestosis, they should have the opportunity to receive additional compensation in anticipation of developing future asbestos cancers, such as mesothelioma.

Among its findings is an explosion of abusive M&A litigation with multiple extortionate lawsuits filed within days of any major corporate announcement, a near doubling of False Claim Act qui tam litigation over just four years, and a questionable surge of lawsuits claiming that asbestos exposure resulted in workers developing lung cancer.

The workers, employed by a hospital in Mission, were among 7 at the same laboratory who developed breast cancer.

For these reasons, construction workers still have an increased risk of asbestos exposure, and thus, of developing Mesothelioma or lung cancer.

«Gynaecological cancers: a handbook for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers has been developed with input from key Indigenous health organisations and experts.