Ban Asbestos Act Moves to Senate Floor,
Earns Praise (8/1/07)
When her bill moved by unanimous vote
onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Patty Murray scored one of
the biggest victories in the history of American public health.
Asbestos, the lethal poison that has killed millions worldwide
infesting homes, offices, workplaces, and schools, is one step
closer to being an outlawed enemy of public health.
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Murray Legislation Finally Makes it to Senate
Floor
(8/1/07)
A key Senate committee on Tuesday approved
Washington Sen. Patty Murray’s legislation banning asbestos from
products sold in the U.S
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Murray Pushes for Asbestos Ban this Year: Bill May Pass
Democratic-Led Senate
(6/13/07)
After six years of frustrating
failure and a rising death toll, Sen. Patty Murray said Tuesday that
she is optimistic that legislation banning the sale and use of
cancer-causing asbestos will pass this year.
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Senator Murray Honors Brian
Harvey, Advocate for Asbestos Victims
(7/29/05)
In a speech on the Senate floor today,
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) paid tribute to Brian Harvey, an
asbestos victim and advocate, who died on July 22, 2005.
A Washington native, Mr. Harvey often
joined Senator Murray at press conferences and hearings to support
Murray's legislation to ban the use of asbestos.
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Canada's Deadly
Export (11/22/04)
Asbestos has been banned in more than 30
countries, and safer products have replaced things once made with
it. Public concern and government action, combined with liability
considerations, have made the cost of asbestos products prohibitive
in the United States.
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Sen. Murray Opposes SB
2290, Praises Dr. Bret
Williams, Dr. Pass, Chris Hahn and MARF (4/22/04)
Mr. President, I rise today to share my
serious concerns with the asbestos liability bill now before the Senate.
As my colleagues know, this is not just another bill for me. This is
something I’ve spent years learning about, educating my colleagues about,
and writing legislation to address.
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Murray,
Senators, Doctors, and Victims Urge Congress to Protect
Americans from Deadly Asbestos (3/26/04)
U.S.
Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) joined with Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn),
two doctors, and dozens of asbestos victims and family members to urge
Congress to improve the asbestos-liability bill that will be brought to
the Senate floor next month. More...
Murray
Renews Her
Effort to Ban
Asbestos
(3/25/04)
Sen. Patty Murray yesterday renewed her effort to ban asbestos, as
the Senate inched toward considering legislation that would
compensate victims of asbestos disease.
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Murray Reaction Mixed to Judiciary Committee Passage
of Asbestos Liability Bill (7/18/03)
U.S. Senator Murray (D-Wash.) praised
the Senate Judiciary Committee for passing an improved version of S.
1125, "The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act," which now
requires asbestos to be banned within two years.
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Asbestos Ban Must Move
Forward. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (5/30/03)
A killing spree must be halted. That's the point behind Sen. Patty
Murray's bill to ban asbestos in consumer products.
There's a dirty little secret about asbestos. Even after decades of
efforts to remove asbestos from homes, schools and libraries, it can still legally be used
in new consumer products.
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The Ban Asbestos In America Act
of 2003. Sponsored by Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash.
(5/22/03)
Asbestos is a known carcinogen, and
there is no known safe level of exposure. In 1976, Congress passed
legislation to regulate toxic substances (The Toxic Substances
Control Act). In 1989 EPA finalized regulations to ban asbestos
under TSCA. In 1991, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
(New Orleans) overturned EPA’s final regulation to ban asbestos.
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Ban Asbestos Act
Funds Meso Research! (6/20/02)
Senator Patty Murray announced today (June 18, 2002) the Ban
Asbestos In America Act, a bill which will finally outlaw asbestos
products in the US and, among other things, authorize the creation
of a national mesothelioma registry, as well as allocate $3.5
million annually for 4 years among seven (7) medical institutions
which are renown for their expertise in treating mesothelioma
patients.
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Asbestos Death Toll Set to Rise; Still We
Ignore the Evidence
Former Assistant Surgeon General of the United
States
Richard Lemen
gave damning testimony on August 14, 2001 before a senate hearing committee, asserting that despite
documented proof dating back seventy years as to the fatal implications of asbestos, the
United States remains one of the only Industrialized nations that does not ban the use,
manufacture and sale of the carcinogen in consumer and industrial products.
Richare A. Leman, Ph. D (There is "no doubt that the
scientific evidence supports the carcinogencity of chrysotile alone in the induction of
mesothelioma.") For a complete review of Dr. Lemen's research in support of his
conclusion,
click here.
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