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Congress Poised to Put 9/11 Heroes at Risk
Sep. 8, 2015
In less than 20 minutes, the terrorist-controlled airliners hit both towers of the World Trade Center complex on the morning of September 11, 2001. As tens of thousands of workers and residents in lower Manhattan strained to get out of the area, a group of Americans worked their way toward the buildings and an emergency situation the likes of which they’d never seen.
New Zealand to Ban Imports of Asbestos-Containing Products
Aug. 26, 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.
New asbestos threats affect veterans, workers, children and drinking water
Aug. 18, 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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