#ThrowbackThursday to when #asbestos was sold as "safe" protective equipment.
Campaign to ban #asbestos gains momentum with striking Times Square billboard
#GetToxicsOut
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/02/campaign-ban-asbestos-gains-momentum-striking-times-square-billboard
#GetToxicsOut
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/02/campaign-ban-asbestos-gains-momentum-striking-times-square-billboard
Environmental Working Group
Campaign to ban asbestos gains momentum with striking Times Square billboard
An unmissable new campaign featured on the iconic Nasdaq billboard in the heart of New York’s Times Square urges Congress to ban all uses and imports of cancer-causing asbestos.
EPA bans #asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted
#GetToxicsOut #Health #HealthAndSafety
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/epa-bans-asbestos-deadly-carcinogen-decades-after-partial-108245355
#GetToxicsOut #Health #HealthAndSafety
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/epa-bans-asbestos-deadly-carcinogen-decades-after-partial-108245355
ABC News
EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products
Tens of thousands die from asbestos-riddled schools, hospitals and social housing. It's the next big scandal and a sordid tale of government cover-up that means we're STILL all breathing in deadly fibres.
#UK #Asbestos
https://mol.im/a/13588407 via @MailOnline
#UK #Asbestos
https://mol.im/a/13588407 via @MailOnline
Mail Online
Thousands die from asbestos-riddled schools and hospitals
Helen Bone is a 42-year-old mother of three young daughters. Three years ago, she was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer caused only by exposure to asbestos.