Jim Fite's Messages to Asbestos Victims and the General Public

Latest Messages:

Asbestos Victim's Superfund Compensation Program

Asbestos Watch March 14, 2005 (Maryland chapter of the White Lung Association meetings)

Directorate of Safety, Health, and Environment (open letter)

Previous Messages:

• Report: NYCOSH Update on Safety and Health
• Major Conference: Beyond September 11: Environmental and Public Health Policy Slated for May 9 in Manhattan

• European Parliament Endorses Asbestos Seminar

• Dr. William Nicholson Dies at 70
• The Global Asbestos Congress Takes Center Stage in Legal Newsletter (pdf)

• Sprayed Limpet Asbestos

• Report on Global Asbestos Congress is now available on the IBAS website

• Chester Street Scandal - Robbing the Victims

• Clydebank Asbestos Group Protest Rally

• White Lung Association Cannot Accept the Asbestos Compensation Act of 2000

• Minutes of Meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group Occupational Health Services Sub-Committee on Asbestos -February 15, 2000

• The Asbestos Conspiracy

• Asbestos-Related Claims Bar Date in Babcock & Wilcox Bankruptcy

• December 17th is ASBESTOS HAZARD AWARENESS DAY
  • Ban Asbestos in the United States
  • Asbestos Must Be Banned Throughout the World

• Eternit found guilty of gross negligence

• The White Lung Association Condemns WTO Action to Exclude the Views of Asbestos Victims (& Greenpeace Press Release)

• Cape Judgement: Good News for Asbestos Miners in South Africa

• Ray Sentes Brave Fighter For Asbestos Victims

• 10 Reasons to Dismantle the WTO

• International Asbestos Conference in Osasco, Brazil, September 15-20, 2000

Saturday, March 26, 2005
Current NYCOSH updates are available at http://www.nycosh.org/UPDATE/view_updates.php?updateid=107
but there is a lag time of a few weeks before new issues are up

Table of Contents:

• The EPA Gets Ready to Announce a New Look at 9/11 Contamination
• From Libby Montana to Lower Manhattan, Workers and Residents Push for a Clean-Up and Compensation
• Asbestos-Injury Compensation Bill Moves Closer to a Vote
• W.R. Grace and Officials Indicted for Exposing Hundreds to Asbestos and Covering it Up
• Donna Ferrara Nominated to WorkersÕ Compensation Board
• Comings and goings - Sol Magnus, Andrew Schneider