April 9, 2024 Five Philadelphia school buildings have closed this year because of asbestos contamination in aging buildings despite officials promising for decades...
Tag: mesothelioma
EPA’s Beefed-Up Asbestos Reporting Requirements Will Save Lives
March 26, 2024 Public health officials and toxic exposure watchdogs are hopeful that tough new reporting requirements will lead to a greater understanding...
Monumental asbestos ban will save lives, hold corporations accountable
March 21, 2024 A long-awaited federal ban on products containing asbestos by the U.S. will save countless lives of workers, consumers and their...
More women are getting sick from mesothelioma cancer – Here’s why
November 14, 2023 It’s long been established that asbestos exposure causes mesothelioma. While the incidence rate has been decreasing slowly in the United...
Mesothelioma Awareness Day
September 26, 2023 Exposure to asbestos — the only known cause of mesothelioma — is not a thing of the past. This National...
Alabama Chemical Workers Exposed to Dangerous Asbestos for Years
June 27, 2023 Asbestos exposure has long been known to cause health problems, including the deadly cancer mesothelioma. Because of that, it has...
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – Fighting on a Different Front
December 7, 2020 In 1941, the world lived in a time of complete unrest. While Europe was enduring endless days and nights of...
National Mesothelioma Awareness Day 2020 – Strength in Unity
September 30, 2020 On September 26th, 2004, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) – a nonprofit charity – established Mesothelioma Awareness Day with...
Documenting the Fight Against Asbestos Exposure
November 12, 2019 Filmmakers are traveling across the country, even across the globe, documenting the fight against asbestos and honoring the victims of...
