There’s no safe form of asbestos, and there is no known ‘safe’ level of exposure to asbestos. We need to work for large-scale bans on the use of asbestos. Asbestos is an anachronistic kind of word – it sounds like a worry of the past. The world itself is practically synonymous…
Democratic members of the New York State Assembly have introduced a bill that aims to improve the transparency of asbestos trust claims and prevent duplicative recoveries through the tort system. Last month, a group of lawmakers, led by Buffalo-area Democrat Robin Schimminger, introduced an act to amend rules in asbestos-related actions, A5978. The…
Last year, after decades of insisting to the contrary, Ottawa finally admitted that “asbestos, if inhaled, can cause cancer and other diseases.” Just before this long-delayed catharsis, the government ended its perennial opposition to the inclusion of the most common form of asbestos on an international list of hazardous substances.…