Billions of dollars worth of claims from residents and workers affected by asbestos poisoning have t

Billions of dollars worth of claims from residents and workers affected by asbestos poisoning have threatened to cripple insurance companies, especially in the USA - not mention those companies which mined and utilised the world's single most deadly consumer material. Now, former US asbestos manufacturers and insurance companies have brokered a Republican-led deal to "cap" the claims. This would automatically prevent current sufferers and potential victims from taking the culprits to courtt. Trade unionists are up in arms at the proposal.