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Victory for the public’s right to know about asbestos

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to require comprehensive reporting on asbestos imports, use, and disposal.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Public Health Association, asbestos, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Defend Our Health

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Legal victory in the fight to save lives from asbestos!

In a welcome holiday announcement, we learned this week of a legal victory in the fight against asbestos! After EPA’s 2018 denial of a petition filed by our allies at Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to make sure EPA collects information on asbestos use and exposure was upheld, we joined ADAO and other public health groups in a legal challenge that was upheld this week.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Public Health Association, asbestos, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Defend Our Health

Shouldering My Body Burden

By Carolyn Fine Friedman With the recent resurgence of publicity around Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in September, I am reminded of my own journey to discover, accept, and increase public awareness of the frightening number and toxicity of chemicals in our environment and our bodies. When I received the results […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: biomonitoring, body burden, Environmental Working Group, EWG, lead, mercury, methyl mercury, PBDEs, PFCs, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, toxins, Carolyn Fine Friedman, cross-generational ubiquity of chemical contamination, Dr. Sandra Steingraber, How Dangerous Is Your Couch?

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