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By the early 20th century insurance companies recognized asbestos fabrication as among the occupations most dangerous to human health, and by the 1930s--that is to say, before the outbreak of World War II--workers' compensation systems listed asbestosis as a compensable condition. Another asbestos-related illness along side mesothelioma is asbestosis. The so-called "9/11 Bill" allows workers who later become ill with conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, asbestosis (a respiratory disease caused by inhaling asbestos fibers), mesothelioma (a form of cancer usually caused by previous exposure to asbestos), or cancer to file claims as "occupational diseases. |
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