*We'll be posting featured Healthy Homes content from our Prevention Advisory Board health and safety experts throughout the month — keep an eye out! Posted on June 12, 2017 June 2017 is the 2nd annual National Healthy Homes Month (NHHM), led by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to HUD, "This month-long [...]
Click here to sign the international petition calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Asbestos Now -- with No Loopholes! Posted on June 4, 2018 In June 2013, our community lost two beloved Mesothelioma Warriors, Janelle Bedel and Debbie Brewer. Debbie and Janelle were women of valor, who refused to let mesothelioma take them without a fight. [...]
Posted on June 2, 2017 Turn your anger into action and sign petition to the US EPA Now -- We Need an Asbestos Ban Without Loopholes or Exemptions. Enough! The bottom line is simple: Asbestos causes deadly cancers and other diseases, including incurable mesothelioma, and kills an estimated 15,000 people in the US every year — yet [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2017 Possible Asbestos Violations by OxyChem Spur Lawsuit Threat While EPA Debates Potential Ban, Advocates Point to Data Suggesting Company Failed to Report Imports as Required by Law Washington, DC -- Yesterday, public health advocates began the process to sue Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) for its apparent failure to inform the [...]
Posted on June 1, 2017 Friday, July 7 is Action Mesothelioma Day in the UK. Organizations throughout the country will host events to raise awareness about mesothelioma and remember those who have lost their battle with the disease. Tragically, Great Britain has one of the highest per capita rates of mesothelioma in the world. According to [...]