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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 BelowReality Check: The Real Facts You Should Know About the FACT Act
April 2nd, 2015
Asbestos companies are backing a bill that would make it more difficult for asbestos victims to receive the compensation they deserve. The so-called “Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency,” or “FACT” Act, will delay and decrease compensation for victims of asbestos-related disease and their families, as well as violate their privacy and expose them to scammers.
Shouldn’t an Overhaul of U.S. Toxics Law Prioritize Action on Asbestos?
March 31st, 2015
In 1989, the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban asbestos. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit threw out most of the agency’s regulations in 1991. This case, commonly called Corrosion Proof Fittings, is frequently cited as an example of just how broken the Toxic Substances Control Act, really is. Almost 25 years later, hundreds of thousands of pounds of raw asbestos and asbestos-ladenmaterials are still being imported into the U.S. annually. In fact, since 2006, more than 8 million pounds have arrived through our ports.
Preschoolers Face-to-Face with Asbestos
March 30th, 2015
My four-year-old son Jack likes to play on the floor. On one recent visit to his pre-school class, I played the tyrannosaurus rex and got “slayed” -- pinned to the floor -- by Jack and his pals James, George, Raymond, the other James, Peter, Julia and Amelia. I thought about that day when I read that Trinity Episcopal Church‘s School of Early Learning, just a few miles away in Arlington, had been shuttered indefinitely because dust from the floor tiles had tested positive for asbestos.
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