Asbestos
The Challenge
Many Americans think they are safe from deadly
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Senator Murray joined with Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen.
Mark Dayton (D-Minn) to urge Congress to improve the asbestos-liability
bill that will be brought to the Senate floor this spring.
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asbestos. Yet each year, 10,000 Americans die from asbestos-related
diseases from exposure to asbestos.
Last Congress, Senator Murray re-introduced her bill to Ban
Asbestos in America. This year Murray is renewing the call for support
of her bill
(Update: New report
by the Environmental Working Group on the dangers of asbestos exposure
further underscores the need to enact Senator Murray's bill to ban asbestos
in America.)
Murray’s legislation, which was first introduced in the 107th
Congress, will also authorize additional studies to determine which
commercial products today still contain asbestos, increase funding for
asbestos-related diseases, and call for a national Mesothelioma registry
to help public health professionals track this deadly disease.
“It is unconscionable that so many innocent victims in
our state have died because they were exposed to a product that
they were told was safe. But it is even more disturbing that our
government continues to allow asbestos to be imported into this
country and used in everyday products today.
While more than 30 other countries have banned asbestos and protected
their citizens, the United States still has not. The time for
Congress to ban asbestos is long overdue. Until we take the steps
to ban this deadly substance, we will continue to put innocent
lives at risk.”
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