EPA Nominee Pruitt Refused to Promise Asbestos Ban
By Alex Formuzis, VP strategic campaigns, EWG Action Fund Asbestos-triggered diseases kill up to 15,000 Americans each year, and since its introduction in the 1930s this notorious carcinogen has...
View ArticleWill Brett Kavanaugh Keep Asbestos Legal?
Many Americans don’t realize it, but despite its well-known health hazards, most uses of asbestos are still legal. Recent research has found that asbestos-related diseases still kill as many as 40,000...
View ArticleMaine Tops Nation with Highest Asbestos Death Rate
Relative to its population, more residents of Maine die each year from asbestos-triggered diseases than any other state in the country, according to an analysis by EWG Action Fund. Asbestos-triggered...
View ArticleBill Would Strip Rights from Georgians Poisoned from Asbestos
The report comes as legislation, recently introduced in the Georgia state Senate, seeks to erect a series of difficult roadblocks meant to block the ability of current and future victims in the state...
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