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AsbestosIn the NewsSenate passes Murray bill to ban asbestos - Thursday, the Senate voted unanimously to pass Murray's ban on the importation of asbestos, which still is found in more than 3,000 consumer products. If approved by the House and not vetoed by the president, the United States will finally join more than 40 other nations that have banned the cancer-causing material. Murray's Asbestos bill advances - "My bill is moving forward quickly with strong bipartisan support, and we shouldn't jeopardize this historic opportunity to finally protect American workers and their families from deadly asbestos," she said. Murray pushes for asbestos ban this year - "It's been shocking to me that after six years and a number of deaths of good people, we're still sitting in a committee. I have more hope this year than I've had in six years," Murray said after her bill was the focus of a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Emboldened
Murray re-introduces asbestos bill - "The stakes are just too high. To anyone who says, 'We don't need
this bill,' I would just pose one question: How many more Americans
have to die before our government finally does the right thing and bans
asbestos?" Bush
calls for limits on asbestos lawsuits - But congressional Democrats,
led by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, said the president's approach
is too narrow to gain their support and tilted toward providing relief
to companies while offering few guarantees that thousands of sickened
workers would be compensated. Editorial:
Asbestos bill is short on fairness - "The Hatch proposal also
includes Washington Sen. Patty Murray's ban on some remaining uses of
asbestos, a needed step. But Hatch's bill, which could come to a vote
as early as tomorrow, isn't the right fix. There are too few guarantees
of action for asbestos victims, too little assurance of adequate compensation
and a general favoring of corporate interests." Fix
the asbestos bill - "Sen. Patty Murray (D-
Wash.) has worked harder than anyone in the Senate to get an asbestos
ban. Hatch included the ban in the act because of her efforts. But Murray
herself won't vote for it unless the overall bill is fixed." Bill
would save firms billions - Hatch - in his latest bill - accepted
part of Murray's bill as a peace offering to Democrats opposed to the
Fairness Act. But Hatch gutted Murray's provisions that would protect
people like the miners in Libby, and at the talc and taconite mines
elsewhere in the country, who are also exposed to asbestos contamination.
EPA warning on asbestos is under attack
- "Court filings and public health surveys indicate that thousands
of auto-workers are diagnosed each year with asbestos-related diseases,
such as mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis. Few mechanics take
protective measures when working with brakes - mainly they say - because
they believe asbestos is no longer present." U.S. imports of asbestos brake material
are on rise - "Murray said that regardless of the Hatch bill,
she will continue to fight for her asbestos bill. It is outrageous that
at the same time Congress is trying to protect consumers from future
asbestos lawsuits, we continue to import and consume more and more asbestos." Asbestos remains a staple in some products,
posing danger to some U.S. workers - "More than 30 other countries,
including the European Union, have banned -- or are in the process of
banning -- asbestos. Even Latvia and Slovenia have banned asbestos.
Don't American workers deserve to be protected from this silent killer,
too?" Editorial:
Senate's good start could ban asbestos -"Hatch also has added
a critical idea proposed by Washington's Sen. Patty Murray: banning
the use of asbestos. An asbestos ban ought to have been an obvious idea
decades ago, when studies established its dangers." Editorial:
F.A.I.R. gets fairer - “Many people think asbestos was banned
during the 1970s. It wasn't. That’s where Ms. Murray came in.
She persuaded Mr. Hatch, the bill's sponsor, to accept an amendment
enacting a nationwide ban on asbestos in consumer products and outlawing
imports of products containing asbestos.” Utah
Senator’s Bill Might Ban Asbestos (requires registration)
- "Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who is pushing for the asbestos
ban, showed up at a packed committee hearing with an enlarged photo
of Minneapolis children playing in a pile of asbestos-tainted vermiculite.
She said that under Hatch's bill, if the two children got sick decades
later from breathing the asbestos fibers, 'neither one would receive
a dime because they were not exposed to asbestos on the job.'"
Asbestos
ban likely to end up in a bill Murray's against - “Sen. Patty
Murray's long shot desire to ban asbestos in the United States got a
significant boost yesterday when the author of a bill to compensate
asbestos victims said he would include the ban in his legislation.”
Hatch
says time running out on asbestos bill - "If we're going to
protect corporations far into the future, we should protect victims
far into the future,'' Murray said. Murray
trying to link asbestos ban to bill for victims - Murray: "Why
on Earth does Congress allow thousands of tons of asbestos to continue
to be put into consumer products every year? This is the elephant in
the room for this legislation.” Asbestos
Victims’ Advocacy Group Endorses Murray Bill - “MARF
solidly supports Senator Patty Murray (D_WA) in her courageous attempt
to ban asbestos and provide funding for mesothelioma research and treatment,
through her Ban Asbestos in America Act, S. 1115." Editorial:
Asbestos ban must move forward Murray tries again to outlaw asbestos; Senator hopes federal study, rising profile will help new bill "Encouraged by a federal study's unexpected conclusion that asbestos should be banned, Sen. Patty Murray introduced legislation yesterday that would remove thousands of common products laced with the cancer-causing mineral from the market.” “‘I've been told I can't get things done. I've been told
I'm taking on fights that are too big. Well, this fight is big and ...
I'll tell you we have to do this. It is the right thing to do, and I
will fight every single day to get this done,’ she said.”
Panel
urges U.S. to ban asbestos imports "Senator,
officials join victim of asbestos in decrying delays" "EPA
will relent, warn public about asbestos in insulation" - Debate
about the dangers of Zonolite still rages within the EPA, but pressure
from Congress apparently has spurred a "major announcement" that could
come within weeks. "Murray
turns up the heat over decision to scrap asbestos alert" "Members
of Congress want EPA explanation on vermiculite" "Murray
scolds EPA on pulling asbestos warnings" "Murray
recounts pair's cautionary tale; Washington senator pushes for nationwide
warning about Zonolite" "EPA
vermiculite study finds high levels of asbestos" Editorial: "Stopping
asbestos is job for Congress, administration" "Grace
tried to stifle warning; Company asked EPA not to warn public about
asbestos insulation in homes" Commentary: "Feds
Wrong to Stop Zonolite Warning" "Murray
Promises to Renew Push for Asbestos Warnings" "Congress
Must Eliminate Asbestos" "Feds
Fear Asbestos Poisoning Spread Beyond Montana" "EPA
Investigating Spread of Libby Asbestos" "Senate
Bill Would Ban Asbestos, but Industry Seeks Relief From Lawsuits" "Facing
Tough Fight, Murray Offers Bill to Ban Asbestos" "Murray's
Bill Takes Lead in New Round Against Asbestos" "Vento's
Widow Backs Asbestos Ban" "EPA
to remove asbestos insulation from homes in Libby" "Libby
held up as reason for asbestos ban" "Senate
told of asbestos dangers" "U.S.
senators will examine health toll from asbestos" "Murray
seeks asbestos hearings" "Asbestos:
The Forgotten Killer" "A town left to die" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer A list of all the P-I's stories |
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