Safer Chemicals Healthy Families

A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.

asbestos

EPA’s action on asbestos is a good step forward but there’s more work to do

At one of his last public events, the founding director of Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Andy Igrejas accepted the 2017 Tribute of Inspiration award from Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) on our behalf. In his remarks, he made it clear that the true honor belonged to all the families who had lost loved ones to […]

With new settlements, EPA may finally protect Americans from asbestos

Last month, partners in asbestos litigation reached settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in two cases that will have far-reaching impacts on the way the EPA regulates asbestos.