EWG Action Fund /// Asbestos Nation
Asbestos is responsible for countless deaths around the world, including at least 10,000 each year in the U.S. alone. Many Americans might think it’s been banned, but it has not. It’s lethal, legal and continues to pose serious risks to millions of American families.
Explore BelowCiting Public Health Threat, New Zealand Will Ban Asbestos Imports
August 27th, 2015
“The American people deserve the same health-protective policies that New Zealand and 55 other countries already have in place. It’s absurd that we continue to allow asbestos to come into the United States," Sarah Grantham, a policy analyst at EWG Action Fund said.
New Zealand to Ban Imports of Asbestos-Containing Products
August 26th, 2015
In a move to protect the public health of its citizens, New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment announced this week that it will end importation of asbestos-containing products. Although shipments of raw asbestos have been banned by New Zealand for years, certain potentially dangerous products made with asbestos have been allowed until now.
EWG Action Fund Calls On California to Investigate Asbestos Risks in Schools
August 24th, 2015
Students of all ages, teachers and other employees at a number of California schools may have been exposed to asbestos over the last year, EWG Action Fund warned today in a letter to top state health and education officials.
New asbestos threats affect veterans, workers, children and drinking water
August 18th, 2015
In the last month alone, asbestos contamination has plagued a veterans’ medical center in Denver, construction workers rehabbing a school in southern Illinois as well as an elementary school in the state, and potentially, a popular river and drinking water source in Colorado.
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