Joint EPA Meeting with Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, AFL-CIO; American Public Health Association OSH Section, Environmental Information Association, International Association of Fire Fighters, and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families (SCHF)
March 29, 2018 Washington, D.C.
This meeting will be dedicated to Lua, Iva and Fred who died from asbestos poisoning
Important Links
To Be Discussed:
- TSCA implementation: Problem Formula Document
- EPA Asbestos Scoping Doc (June 2017)
- EPA “Scope of the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos” Exclusions
- 2016 Increased Asbestos Consumption by the Chlor-Alkali Industry
Studies and Documents Referenced:
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- EPA “Scope of the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos” Doc (June 22, 2017)
- CDC NORMs report showing increase in mesothelioma deaths (2017)
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Statement on Asbestos (2016)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): NIOSH Study of Firefighters Finds Increased Rates of Cancer (2013)
- American Public Health Association: Policy Statement: Elimination of Asbestos (2016)
- APHA Statement Elimination of Asbestos, Policy Number: 20096, (2009)
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries: Asbestos (2018)
- OSHA Violations- Asbestos Standard General Industry (1910.1001) FY 2017
- OSHA Violations- Asbestos Standard Construction (1926.1101) FY 2017
- Fred’s Industrial Job Sites
- Fred’s Work History Jobsites
- Ban Asbestos in the US Now, Without Loopholes or Exemptions
- Preparation and Characterization of “Libby Amphibole” Toxicological Testing Material (2012)
- Shipments from Libby, MT (1948–1993)
- 40 Sites Across The United States Received 10,000 Tons Or More of Asbestos-Containing Material From Libby, MT (EWG)
- National Asbestos Awareness Week Resolution (S.Res. 449)
Meeting Attendees:
Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant
Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD, Professor of Public Health and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Drexel University School of Public Health
Liz Hitchcock, Legislative Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families (SCHF)
Brent Kynoch, Environmental Information Association
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH, American Public Health Association (APHA) OSH Section
Patrick Morrison, Assistant General President for Health, Safety and Medicine of the International Association of Fire Fighters
Linda Reinstein, President/CEO/Co-Founder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Peg Seminario, Safety and Health Director, AFL-CIO
Robert Sussman, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families (SCHF)