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Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) and their International Agency for Research of Cancer (IARC) released a statement classifying processed meats as Group 1 carcinogens. Numerous headlines covering this story reported “Processed Meats and Asbestos in Same Category.” Can this really be true? “Asbestos and hot dogs are not even in the same hazard …
DuBose Law Firm, PLLC, a Dallas, TX based law firm, is troubled by the resistance of some members of the U.S. Congress to pass the Zadroga Act. Currently there are 222 of the 435 members of the House and 58 of 100 Senators who are co-sponsoring the bill. This bill furnishes health care, both physical …
Is someone or some agency making sure the chemicals we use are safe? In many instances, no. Thanks to heavy lobbying by the chemical industry, the 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) allowed thousands of untested chemicals to remain in consumer goods without any evidence of safety. The law is so weak that it even …
Fedor Zarkhin, writer for The Oregonian|OregonLive, wrote an article, “Unsettling dust: Hundreds of Portland homes demolished with asbestos inside,” this week. It exposed poor demolition practices in the tear-down of hundreds of Portland homes. While Oregon regulations require asbestos removal by licensed contractors, the rules are weak and few contractors even know they exist. With …
Another Mesothelioma Awareness Day approaches and still asbestos is not banned in the United States. Our Congress needs to know this is not acceptable. Perhaps we who are not directly affected get complacent, but the reality is that we are all susceptible to acquiring this disease. Some people work in more dangerous environments than others, …
