The White Lung Association in the News
What's new at White Lung
Brazil:
Brazil's Asbestos Victims Gasp for Justice --
the Dutch magazine Ode on asbestos, 20 October 2003
Your Money or Your Life -- interview with
activist Fernanda Giannasi by Al Jazeera's correspondant in Brazil about
asbestos
Europe:
European Parliament Endorses Asbestos Seminar
-- Members of the European Parliament have recognised the work done in
Brussels in June, 2001 at the meeting of the European Asbestos Seminar
(EAS)
Canada v. France:
WTO Rules: The asbestos conspiracy -- by Patrick Herman and Annie
ThŽbaud-Mony, Le Monde diplomatique, July 2000
India:
Launch of BANI (Ban Asbestos Network India)
What's new at the Centre for Science and Environment
(CSE), New Delhi, India
South Africa:
End of struggle for Cape Asbestos Victims --
Press Release - 13th March 2003
United Kingdom:
Firm
faces legal fight in waste dumping row -- by Chris Mooney, Edinburgh
Evening News, January 9, 2004
Salt
mine to become huge dump for toxic waste: Prescott gives go-ahead for
plan to avert disposal crisis as change in EU law shuts overground sites
-- by John Vidal, The Guardian Unlimited, January 8, 2004
Asbestos Ban Comes Into Force -- November
24, 1999
USA:
Senator Specter Breaks Promise to Mesothelioma
Patient and Research Community, MARF press release -- NEW!
Senate Judiciary Committee returns to Mark-Up on
May 11th: Proposed asbestos trust fund legislation will further penalize
victims of asbestos-caused diseases, ADAO press release.
Asbestos Victims Gain Ground in D.C. Senate Bill
852 (FAIR Act), Asbestos Trust Fund Legislation Breakthrough for asbestos
victims and their families, ADAO press release.
Asbestos
Justice -- Commentary, The New York Times, March 30, 2005
The Cruel Saga of Asbestos Disease -- Commentary
by Paul Brodeur, Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2005
Danger in the Attic: Millions of U.S. Homes
Have Asbestos-Tainted Insulation, but the Government Hasn't Warned the
Public -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 24, 2002
Control of Asbestos in Buildings: HSC to act to
reduce risks from asbestos in workplace buildings -- June 14, 2000
Will the asbestos companies ever learn?-- Letter
to the Baltimore Sun, March 27, 1999
White Lung Association. Wants Asbestos Museum--Wayne
Laufert Dundalk Eagle, Dundalk, MD, July 18, 1996
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4/16/05: Spectre to Introduce
U.S. Asbestos Bill This Week
5/22/05: Individuals Injured
by Asbestos Exposure Oppose Specter's Trust Fund Legislation
10/16/05: Victim's Organizations
Form Asbestos Victims Coalition in Opposition to Asbestos Trust
Fund Legislation
11/17/05: White Lung Mourns Jose
Jesus Pessora
12/04/06: Asbestos Watch Newsletter:
Help Celebrate the 27th Anniversary of the WHITE LUNG ASSOCIATION
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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)
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Joe Oliver's Alerts:
Joe Oliver, National Board Member and former President of the
White Lung Association, has issued a call to all persons to help
gather evidence on the conspiracy by asbestos trade organizations
to suppress the knowledge about the hazards of asbestos exposure. If you know anything about this horrific history or have documents
which can be used to further prove their heinous crimes, please
contact Joe Oliver, WLA, POB 1483, Balt. MD 21203.
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The White Lung Association stands
in opposition to The Specter Bill (S.852)
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S.1115: Bill to amend the Toxic Substances
Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing
products - This bill is supported by the WLA.
Meet Mr. Asbestos
Proceedings of the Asbestos
Symposium for the Asian Countries - now available for purchase.
Australia Bans
Asbestos!
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Senator Specter Breaks Promise to
Mesothelioma Patient and Research Community
Senate Judiciary Committee returns to
Mark-Up on May 11th: Proposed asbestos trust fund legislation
will further penalize victims of asbestos-caused diseases
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In
May 2003, the Global Environment & Technology Foundation developed
the "Asbestos Strategies" report.
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The latest issue is Spring 2005
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The latest issue is January 4, 2007
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Features:
December 17, 2000 is Asbestos Hazard Awareness Day
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Current Projects:
Asbestos Museum
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Articles & Publications:
Occupational Respiratory Diseases:
Asbestos Associated Disease -- Reprinted from: Maxcy-Rosenau
Public Health and Preventative Medicine 11th ed. (John
M. Last, Ed.) 1980, Appleton-Century-Crofts
Asbestos Victims Deserve Compensation
Not Betrayal: position release by the Board of Directors, White
Lung Association
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In Memoria:
Paul Safchuck May
21, 2003
Dr. William
Nicholson Dies at 70
Ray Sentes Brave
Fighter For Asbestos Victims
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