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 BelowFlorida’s Asbestos Belt: What’s Behind High Mortality Rates in Three Counties?
November 23rd, 2015
Florida’s Hernando, Citrus and Sumter counties share a great quality of life, pleasant climate and central location between Tampa and Orlando. They also have a less pleasant feature in common: asbestos death rates more than twice as high as the state or national average.
Asbestos Death Rate in Baltimore Nearly Double National Average
November 20th, 2015
While the national rate of deaths from asbestos disease is 4.9 per every 100,000, in Baltimore County, the rate nearly doubles to 9.0, according to a report by EWG Action Fund.
Pennsylvania’s Asbestos Problem
November 18th, 2015
Townsfolk called them “the white mountains of Ambler” – the piles of asbestos-laced material that loomed above the neighborhood adjacent to one of the asbestos factories in the hamlet on the outskirts of Philadelphia. Winter or summer, kids rode flattened cardboard boxes down the piles, one of which rose nearly 100 feet in the air, reported Sandy Bauers in 2014 on behalf of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Asbestos Industry Spins the Revolving Door: Ben Quayle to Lobby on Asbestos Bill He Authored
November 17th, 2015
“I’m sure Ben Quayle would deny that he has anything against veterans, firefighters and teachers,” said Alex Formuzis with EWG Action Fund. “But those are the kind of people – stricken by asbestos diseases through no fault of their own – that this legislation will hurt."
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