Posted on April 17, 2019 TEN WAYS EPA’S SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE FOR ASBESTOS FAILS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM ASBESTOS On April 17, 2019, the EPA issued a significant new use rule (SNUR) for asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This rule is not a ban. In fact, it falls woefully short [...]
Press Release: Alton Miles for Meso 5K Race to Benefit Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Posted on April 16, 2019 Registration opens on Monday, July 8, 2019. Get ready to mark those calendars for the 2019 Miles for Meso fundraiser, taking place in Alton, IL on Saturday, September 28th. This is the 11th year that ADAO [...]
Posted on April 15, 2019 On the record and circling the globe. During the recent hearing held by the U.S. Energy and Commerce House Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) asked the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a clear-cut question: “Will you commit to banning ongoing uses of asbestos [...]
Posted on April 15, 2019 Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2019) Asbestos a known carcinogen that kills as estimated 40,000 Americans every year. All types of asbestos cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, cancer of the larynx and ovary, and asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs). The United States is the last western industrial nation not to ban asbestos. Nearly [...]
Posted on April 8, 2019 In 2019, asbestos remains legal and lethal in the United States, despite being banned in 60 other countries worldwide. Just last year, the United States Geological Survey released data indicating that U.S. imports of deadly, raw asbestos had risen to 750 metric tons, up from only 332 tons in 2017. [...]