11.   The asbestos industry did not sit silently by as the EPA worked to control the product it was mining, producing and selling.

12.   The change was opposed by the asbestos industry, where bankruptcy has been used as an alternative to paying staggering liability fines.

13.   The feasibility issue surfaced repeatedly in documents filed by the asbestos industry.

14.   The legislation is a highly controversial package promoted and financed by the GAF Corp. and others in the asbestos industry.

15.   The ruling, which affirmed the validity of a French law prohibiting imports of hazardous materials, is also another blow to the global asbestos industry.

16.   The settlement fund, which was supported by the asbestos industry, had been designed to pay both past and future claims.

17.   With huge stakes for the asbestos industry, the dispute has drawn notice because of its possible impact on tobacco industry efforts to adopt a global lawsuit settlement.