From [occ-env-med-l] Banning Asbestos in USA

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This is a brief " heads-up " to the list in regard to SB 742,

introduced by US Sen Patty Murray. It is intended to stop the use of

Asbestos in the US.

I have contacted a number of medical organizations (ACCP, ATS,

ACOEM, AMA, MSMS in addition to the AOEC) and asked that they

endorse this Bill. I cannot fathom any medical organization not

putting its support behind an attempt to reduce American deaths from

lung cancer, colon cancer, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis

(asbestosis), but my hope is that participants in this forum who may

belong to any of these organizations encourage official support of

SB 742.

Thanks.

R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP

Co-Director, National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related

Cancers,

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Chief, Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine,

118 N. Washington

Royal Oak, Michigan 48068

248.547.9100