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...While these are staggering sums, there are debates whether PFAS litigation will reach the same degree as severity as the asbestos issues of years past and whether insurers should begin reserving for this...
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...When completed, the company says it will use less than a quarter of the energy of the building it replaces....
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...J&J, which began selling baby powder in 1894, denies its talc-based products contain traces of asbestos and cause cancer....
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...cause cancer,” the company said in a statement....
...particularly in asbestos cases, are very sick.”...
...M&S has said that would be impractical because of differing floor levels and the presence of asbestos in all three buildings....
...asbestos, in violation of consumer protection laws....
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