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EWG Action Fund: FACT Act Favors Asbestos Industry Over Justice, Public Health
EWG Action Fund: FACT Act Favors Asbestos Industry Over Justice, Public HealthWednesday, January 28, 2015 Legislation re-introduced by Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, would place new burdens on...
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EWG Action Fund: New Congress Aligns with Asbestos Industry
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At Stake in the Senate TSCA Fight: The Fate of Asbestos
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Products that Contain Asbestos Should be Regulated and Labeled
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Preschoolers Face-to-Face with Asbestos
Preschoolers Face-to-Face with AsbestosMonday, March 30, 2015My four-year-old son Jack likes to play on the floor. Read moreKey Issues: ToxicsChemical Policy (TSCA)Asbestos
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Shouldn’t chemical safety law overhaul prioritize an asbestos ban?
Shouldn’t chemical safety law overhaul prioritize an asbestos ban?Tuesday, March 31, 2015In 1989, the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban asbestos. Read moreKey Issues: ToxicsChemical...
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EWG Action Fund: Senators Seek Answers Regarding Asbestos in Nation’s Schools
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April 1 Kicks Off National Asbestos Awareness Week
April 1 Kicks Off National Asbestos Awareness WeekWednesday, April 1, 2015A bipartisan resolution passed by the U.S. Senate designates the first week of April as National Asbestos Awareness Week. Read...
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Reality Check: The Real Facts You Should Know About the FACT Act
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Five Things You Need to Know about Asbestos
Five Things You Need to Know about AsbestosThursday, June 25, 2015Many people think asbestos exposure is a thing of the past, but today, it remains a deadly public health concern. Read moreKey Issues:...
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Mapping the Deadly Toll of Asbestos – State by State, County by County
Mapping the Deadly Toll of Asbestos – State by State, County by CountyTuesday, June 30, 2015More than 50 years after a landmark study confirmed the lethal effects of asbestos exposure, we still don’t...
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Join the Twitterstorm!
Join the Twitterstorm!Monday, July 13, 2015Our shocking new report uncovered four brands of crayons and two brands of kids’ crime scene kits that tested positive for deadly asbestos. What’s worse,...
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Congress Poised to Put 9/11 Heroes at Risk
Congress Poised to Put 9/11 Heroes at RiskTuesday, September 8, 2015In less than 20 minutes, the terrorist-controlled airliners hit both towers of the World Trade Center complex on the morning of...
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Twisted Fate of 9/11: Heroes and Deadly Dust
Twisted Fate of 9/11: Heroes and Deadly DustThursday, September 10, 2015On the morning of September 11, 2001, 92 passengers boarded American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles. Around the...
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Federal Regulators Knew in 1976 that Asbestos Can Contaminate Talc
Federal Regulators Knew in 1976 that Asbestos Can Contaminate Talc Monday, September 14, 2015Federal regulators have known for almost 40 years that the talc in personal care products can be...
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Science For Sale: Ford Spends $40M to Discredit Danger of Asbestos Brakes
Science For Sale: Ford Spends $40M to Discredit Danger of Asbestos Brakes Thursday, February 18, 2016In 1971 Ford Motor Company decided that $1.25 per car was too much to spend on safer alternatives to...
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Five Myths about Asbestos in Schools
Five Myths about Asbestos in SchoolsThursday, March 17, 2016Your kids spend most of the day at school, and you may be surprised at what they could be breathing in their classrooms, cafeterias, hallways...
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EWG Lists the Top 10 Toxic Chemicals EPA Should Review Now
EWG Lists the Top 10 Toxic Chemicals EPA Should Review NowThursday, July 21, 2016 The nation’s new chemical safety law promises to give the Environmental Protection Agency expanded authority to...
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Trump Thinks Asbestos ‘100 Percent Safe’
Trump Thinks Asbestos ‘100 Percent Safe’Thursday, November 17, 2016Our next president thinks asbestos – a carcinogen that kills up to 15,000 Americans a year, with no safe level of exposure – "got a...
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EPA Nominee Pruitt Refused to Promise Asbestos Ban
EPA Nominee Pruitt Refused to Promise Asbestos BanTuesday, January 31, 2017Last year, former President Barack Obama signed an update to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act into law, finally giving...
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