Showing posts with label EPA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EPA. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Toxic Chemicals Beware: Biden's Bold Safety Crackdown

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In a significant move to safeguard worker health and public safety, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced critical actions targeting...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Toxic Legacy: Unmasking Asbestos's Dangerous Past and Present

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Asbestos has long been a significant public health concern, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to take decisive steps t...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

EPA Moves to Ban Dacthal: Worker Safety Concerns

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The US EPA's proposed rule to ban Dacthal (DCPA) is rooted in concerns about the significant health risks it poses, particularly to work...
Monday, March 18, 2024

US Bans Asbestos

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Today, March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to prohibit ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos...
Monday, December 18, 2023

TSCA Update

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is beginning the process of prioritizing five additional toxic chemicals fo...
Friday, October 20, 2023

New EPA Rule Will Lighten the Burden of Proving an Asbestos-Related Disease Claim

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In many occupational asbestos claims, it has been challenging to establish that asbestos fiber was used in the workplace. That will soon cha...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

EPA Seeks Reporting of Asbestos Fibers

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to require comprehensive reporting on all six fiber types of asbestos ...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Across Two Separate Settlements, EPA Commits to Expedite and Strengthen Asbestos Risk Reevaluation Under TSCA

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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure, announced it had re...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Methylene Chloride Continues to be a Fatal Hazard in the Workplace

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Exposure to paint strippers containing methylene chloride remains a severe health concern for workers. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals r...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

California appeals court upholds verdict against Monsanto for Roundup exposure

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The claims of occupational exposures of landscapers and groundskeepers to herbicides such as Roundup were received further support by a rece...
Friday, February 12, 2021

Health Advocates Petition 9th Circuit for Asbestos Relief from EPA’s Flawed Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos

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Joined by five public health groups and six leading asbestos scientists, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) , an independent...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

NJ Files Lawsuits Against Two Waterfront Sites for Contamination

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As part of the State of New Jersey’s continuing commitment to protect public health and restore natural resources degraded by those who refu...
Monday, June 8, 2020

Asbestos Advocates and Experts Speak Out Against EPA's Flawed Draft Asbestos Risk

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Today the Asbestos Awareness Disease Organization (ADAO)—an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure through educat...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Fourteen Attorney Generals Criticizes EPA for Failing to Protect Americans from Asbestos, a Long-Known Dangerous Carcinogen

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, leading a coalition of 14 attorneys general, in...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

PFAS Contamination Legislation Advances

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Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) updated the public on legislation to address PFAS contamination and exposure. Last week, Pallone’s E...
Friday, November 29, 2019

Efforts to Protect the Public From Asbestos Exposure

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today released a new report highlighting her office’s ongoing efforts to protect children, fami...
Friday, August 23, 2019

White House Contamination Highlights Asbestos Controversy

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Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and other senior White House aides have vacated their West Wing offices while asbestos is removed – even as ...
Monday, May 13, 2019

Verdict: $2 Billion -- Herbicide Occupational Exposures - The Next Wave of Serious Compensation Claims

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A jury in California has awarded a couple $2 Billion as a result of cancer contracted after using RoundUp manufactured by Monsanto. This ...
Friday, April 19, 2019

EPA Asbestos Rule Announced: Still Leaves Deadly Carcinogen Legal

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Today’s post is shared from ewg.com The rule announced today by the US Environmental Protection Agency claiming to strengthe...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

US Lawmakers Urged EPA to Investigate Talc Products

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Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici today pressed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for answers follo...