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Statement of Terry Lynch to the EPA Hearing in Washington, D.C.
(7/21/08) My name is Terry Lynch. I am a third
generation insulator and Vice President with the International
Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers.
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Asbestos in the Environment: Public Health Issues & Concerns.
Aubrey K. Miller, MD, MPH. Captain US Public Health Service EPA
Region 8. Denver, CO. As presented at the Annual Asbestos
Awareness Day Conference. March 29, 2008.
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Statement by Linda Reinstein, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Asbestos Disease
Awareness Organization (ADOA) to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding
the Legislation Hearing on S. 742. February 28, 2008.
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Testimony of Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant,
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 12, 2007.
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Clarifying Cleanup Goals and
Identification of New Assessment Tools for Evaluating Asbestos at
Superfund Cleanups by Michael B. Cook, Director Office of
Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. August 10, 2004.
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If at First You Find the Truth Try, Try Again
(5/17/07)
Under the guise of scientific inquiry and
worker safety, a taxpayer funded effort is helping corporate America
avoid legal responsibility for poisoning hundreds of thousands of
Americans with asbestos. The National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health has proposed a roadmap that purportedly seeks to minimize the
potential for asbestos disease.
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Fair Play for Navy Veterans (3/26/07)
Just like they need
medical care, navy veterans need a level playing field in the courts.
Navy vets who pursue
civil claims are confronted by loopholes in the law that allow shrewd
asbestos defense lawyers to either harmfully delay the prosecution of a
claim (called “federal officer” removal to federal court), or delay the
claim altogether (called the” MDL Black Hole”).
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Sen. Specter’s Latest Run at Bailing out the
Asbestos Industry: A Crack in the Dike?
(3/24/07)
It may have failed to jolt you awake in the middle of the
night when Sen. Arlen Specter proposed a tiny amendment
to the budget resolution. In fact, the wording of the amendment
1 would have made sense to only a
few insiders.
But the reaction in the U.S. Senate was swift because the
implications were so ominous—was the fragile political dike that protects
asbestos victims from losing their rights in court about to crack?
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