"The EPA’s analysis of asbestos underestimates the extent to which people are exposed to the mineral and its potential to cause cancer and other diseases..."
NEWS.BLOOMBERGLAW.COM
Advisers Say Many Exposed to Asbestos Omitted From EPA Analysis
Does your spouse work in the asbestos industry? Read this:
"Results of a retrospective study of a series of patients with malignant diffuse mesothelioma from a single institution showed that most women with the disease had a history of household exposure to a worker in industries that used asbestos."
ONCOLOGYNURSEADVISOR.COM
Disease-Related Characteristics and Asbestos Exposure in Women With Mesothelioma - Oncology Nurse Advisor
"Most, if not all, construction workers knew nothing about these dangers, though. The scientific connection between asbestos and cancer was hidden from them by the manufacturing companies that wished to continue making millions from selling the product."
MESOTHELIOMAGUIDE.COM
Construction Workers and Mesothelioma: Connected for Decades
"Asbestos toothpaste was supposed to give you a whiter smile, asbestos insoles would help support your feet, and asbestos cigarette filters would give you a smoother taste. There was even asbestos snow, which purported to be more realistic than the alternatives, and wouldn’t catch light around Christmas candles."
Happy Holidays everybody!
EHSTODAY.COM
Asbestos Continues to Pose Health and Safety Issues
"Asbestos Kills Nearly 40,000 Americans a Year. Ban It."
Yeah, we're good with that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/asbestos-epa-trump.html
NYTIMES.COM
Opinion | Asbestos Kills Nearly 40,000 Americans a Year. Ban It.
Never use "scrapers and saws to remove the caulking and glaze from ... windowsills."
WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Contractor who mishandled asbestos in Alexandria project fined $15,000