Asbestos Watch Newsletters
May 1994
Featured Articles:
Report to Asbestos Victims
Public Symposium: Asbestos, the Persistent
Plague
Other Articles:
Paul--We Will Get You and the WLA!!!
Mesothelioma Victims Win Three Million Dollars
Each
CCR Settlement Is No Good for Asbestos Victims
Turner and Newell Sued by Chase Bank
Lloyds of London Threatened by Asbestos
Edith Ford and Volunteers Honored
Manville Trust Still Fights Against Victims
Chrysotile Asbestos is Deadly
Italy Issues Ban On Asbestos
Open Letter to Health Professionals
Brazil Hosts Anti-Asbestos Conference
World Movement to Ban Asbestos Gain
Strength
Public Symposium
University of Alaska Museum
Asbestos
The Persistent Plague:
A Public Health Menace of this Century and Beyond
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Paul Brodeur
Journalist,
Environmental Activist
Ed Flanagan
Business Agent,
Alaska State District
Council of Laborers
James Fite
Executive Director,
White Lung Association
Baltimore, MD
Tony Mazzocchi
Assistant to the President, Oil, Chemical
& Atomic Workers
Bill Ravanesi
Public Interest Artist
Curator of Breath Taken
Exhibition
Mary Vogel
Executive Director,
Asbestos Victims Special
Fund Trust
MODERATOR
Ray Goldstein
Law Office of Cartwright,
Slobodin, Bokelman,
Borowsky, Wartnick,
Moore & Harris, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
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A panel
of experts will discuss the ongoing controversy that surrounds
asbestos, the deadly fiber. Hear the real facts on:
- The worsening plight of the victims of asbestos disease
and how they're fighting back.
- Asbestos abatement projects as they relate to Alaska.
- The bankruptcy of asbestos products manufacturers, including
Johns-Manville, Eagle-Picher, and others.
- Proposals currently before Congress and in the courts
that would severely restrict or eliminate the right
of asbestos victims to sue asbestos companies for compensation.
- The ongoing propaganda efforts of the "Safe Building
Alliance" to convince the America public that we face
no health threat from the more than 30 million tons
of unabated asbestos already installed in our homes,
schools, factories, offices, and public buildings.
- The failure of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
to effectively ban the continued use of asbestos products.
- The continued mining, processing, and export of Canadian
asbestos products to the Third World and other markets.
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| Organized by the Center for Visual Arts in
the Public Interest, this Symposium is being held in conjunction
with, Breath Taken: The Landscape and Biography
of Asbestos, an exhibition by Bill Ravanesi at
the University of Alaska Museum. The Symposium is open to the
general public. |
Thursday, May 12, 1994
2:OOpm-5:OOpm--Noel Wein Library Auditorium
7:l5pm-9:l5pm--Schaible Auditorium UAF Campus
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska
For more information, call Terry Dickey at (907) 474-7505
Sponsors:
University of Alaska Museum
Alaska Laborers Training Trust
Asbestos Victims Special Fund Trust, Philadelphia, PA
Alaska State District Council of Laborers and its Affiliated Local
Unions,
Local Union 341, Local Union 942, and Public Employees Local 71
Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowsky, Wartnick, Moore &
Harris, Inc.
Center for the Visual Arts in the Public interest, Princeton, NJ
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