Scruggs first came to the public eye after successfully suing the asbestos industry on behalf of ill shipyard workers.
In fact, only two of the five authors of the offending articles have any significant connection to the asbestos industry.
Samuels notes that the Canadian asbestos industry is engaged in scientific research.
The town is named for its asbestos industry.
But the asbestos industry may try to block the rule, which has already been delayed by objections from the Reagan Administration.
The cases in the pipeline or already settled have so far cost the asbestos industry several billion dollars.
The change was opposed by the asbestos industry, where bankruptcy has been used as an alternative to paying staggering liability fines.
While the asbestos industry has been brought to its financial knees, too many culpable companies responsible for poisoning our air, water, homes and workplaces escape.
At the time, there were 200,000 workers in the asbestos industry.
The guilt of the asbestos industry, though it varies in degree among manufacturers, is so profound that its resources can't pay all the claims.