8 billion,
$70. The Senate Judiciary Committee is
considering controversial legislation to create a $140 billion trust fund to
"compensate" asbestos disease victims after they get sick.
'Surrender' is not in their vocabulary.com/takeaction/698473747.560.

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County Commissioners Remind Indiana State Leaders of Transportation Needs

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The Indiana Association of County Commissioners was formed over
100 years ago to provide the best education, leadership support and
advocacy services for our County Commissioners to strengthen their
influence throughout Indiana.S. Under the NMRTP , the federal government would invest $30 million per
year to help develop recent advances in meso early detection, prevention, and
treatment of meso.

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"We want state leaders to remember the critical transportation
needs that Indiana counties are facing ," said Bill Haan, Executive
Director of the Indiana Association of County Commissioners.
But the need for research funding to develop treatments has largely been
ignored.

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Hundreds of tons were released
into New York's air from the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11. MARF, the nation 's
largest private source of independent meso research funding, has developed a
detailed proposal for a National Mesothelioma Research and Treatment Program
(NMRTP).
"Just in time," says MARF Communications Director and meso patient Klaus
Brauch. Brauch authored an exhaustive MARF report documenting that at least
100,000 firefighters, police officers, rescue workers and New York City
residents, workers and school children were exposed to potentially lethal
amounts of asbestos following the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11.org, or contact MARF Executive Director Chris Hahn (c-hahn@marf.


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"Indiana must establish a long-term, dedicated, stable source of
funding that will provide enough resources to meet transportation
needs in all areas of the state , including local roads and bridges,"
said Allen County Commissioner Marla Irving.
Meso kills thousands of Americans each year, it has a long latency
(30 years average) and its incidence is rising . Even short-term, low
exposures can cause the disease, and the EPA estimates that asbestos is
present in as many as 35 million U.

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Business Editors/Transportation Writers/Government Writers

INDIANAPOLIS ----The Indiana
Association of County Commissioners, representing Commissioners from
all 92 counties , is hand-delivering a petition to state leaders today,
reminding the Governor and legislators of the growing transportation
needs at the local level and stressing the need for additional road
funding .
"Unless we act now to fully develop the recent breakthroughs in early
detection, prevention and treatment, we are virtually guaranteed to have more
victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in the next 10 to 30 years," he says.

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Over half of all county roads are too narrow to meet today's
safety standards. Most at
risk are the millions of U."
To read and sign MARF's meso funding petition , go to
http://www.org)
at 805.

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Federal Commitment Can Bring Within Reach Effective Treatment for Lethal
Asbestos-Related Cancer

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. For decades meso was dismissed
with the self-defeating rationale that "the disease is incurable, so why try?"
But with an investment of over $2 million in meso research during the last
five years, MARF has established that meso has the potential to become a
curable cancer.

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"We hope by delivering
this petition to the Statehouse, the Governor and legislators will
realize how utterly important this issue is at the local level and
take appropriate action.S.
"I cannot believe that America will stand by as our brave first responders
succumb to cancer caused by this horrific act. "Surely Congress
can find $30 million to prevent the suffering and death in the first place,"
says MARF Executive Director Christopher Hahn.marf.

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2577.7 billion.

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"Without additional funding many counties won't be able to make even
modest improvements to our roads and bridges this year. It still has not been banned in
the U.
Five days ago MARF began circulating a petition calling on Congress to
appropriate the funds necessary for the NMRTP."
Resources are not unlimited either, but even with anticipated cuts in
domestic spending, MARF is confident that the resources can be found.
"The notion that our hands are tied, and that meso is a horrible death
sentence that we cannot do anything about is dangerously apathetic, outdated
and misinformed," Hahn continues.

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969.

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The petition emphasizes
that local leaders need additional funding authorized by the state to
address a backlog of projects that is preventing development
opportunities and worsening the quality of life for their
constituents . For decades, asbestos was
used heavily in Navy ships and shipyards, in industrial workplaces, and in the
construction of virtually all homes, schools and office buildings.8 billion, and $401.

For further information, or to make a donation for research, please visit
http://www.

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Americans continue to be put at risk today. MARF's entire NMRTP proposal is
available on its home page, http://www.

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538.

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"These
problems will only be exacerbated in the years to come unless state
leaders take action to fix this funding shortfall."
Local governments in Indiana are in need of a $200 million annual
increase in transportation revenue over the next decade to cover an
estimated $2 billion expense to upgrade local roads, bridges and
streets.

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Petition Urges Congress to Fund Mesothelioma Research

Government and industry have known about the disease for half a
century, and legal disputes over liability have consumed billions of dollars. Over 1200 individuals have
already signed . We have a warning and time to
take action but not unlimited time. The
National Cancer Institute , the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the
Department of Defense all significantly fund research in diseases other than
meso.marf.

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Indiana counties are suffering because they lack revenue to fix
and expand deteriorating roads and bridges.S. Their proposed budgets for 2006 are, respectively , $4.

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Mesothelioma (meso) is an asbestos-related cancer that invades the lining
of the lungs , abdomen, heart or testicles, causing excruciating pain and
death. "It would be unconscionable for Congress to
tell meso victims that it is simply giving up on this disease. Up to one
third of these victims served our country in Navy ships and shipyards.org.

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homes.
Therefore, MARF is calling on the government to join in a public-private
partnership to advance critically-needed meso research . Indeed medical experts who specialize in meso now believe
that with an appropriate commitment of resources, effective treatments for the
tumor, and even methods to detect and prevent it before symptoms erupt, are
within reach.thepetitionsite.

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and is used in over 3,000 products. MARF hopes to gather 10,000 signatures by March 15 and submit
them to the Senate Appropriations Committee, so that the NMRTP proposal can be
included in Congress's initial budget submission.org) at 714.


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"This year's harsh weather has depleted almost all of our road
repair funds," said Vicky Kent Haire, a Clark County Commissioner.8942, or MARF Communications Director Klaus Brauch
(k-brauch@marf.1481.

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A copy of the petition is available by calling the Indiana
Association of County Commissioners at 765.


, The Mesothelioma Applied
Research Foundation (MARF) announced today a grassroots campaign for a federal
commitment to address the national tragedy of mesothelioma. There is no designated federal funding for meso research.

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As a
result , today's standard treatments usually have only a very limited effect
and the average survival is only 4 to 14 months. workers and servicemen who were exposed almost
daily, as well as their wives and children -- exposed when they brought the
fibers home each night on their hair, skin and clothes .
According to MARF, the NMRTP presents an historic opportunity for federal
leaders to end the tragedy of mesothelioma.

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