Asbestos Exposure & Bans
Congress Fails to Vote on Asbestos Ban Legislation
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Oct 7, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives last week failed to advance once-promising legislation that effectively would have banned asbestos, frustrating advocates once again. H.R. 1603, titled the Alan Reinstein Ban…
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Peer Review Finds EPA’s Asbestos Risk Evaluation Flawed
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Sep 2, 2020
The Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals found considerable failings and an underestimation of danger to the general public in a draft risk evaluation of asbestos submitted earlier this year…
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Georgia-Pacific Pledges $1B to Bestwall Asbestos Trust Fund
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Aug 25, 2020
Georgia-Pacific has pledged $1 billion to fund an asbestos trust for bankrupt affiliate Bestwall LLC, clearing the path to a settlement of longstanding liability claims involving mesothelioma cancer. Bloomberg…
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EPA Leaving Libby After Massive Asbestos Cleanup
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Jul 15, 2020
Mike Cirian came to Libby, Montana, in 2005 to lead the largest asbestos cleanup project in American history, a decontamination effort of unprecedented proportion. He never left. Cirian…
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Nonprofits Call for Worldwide Halt of J&J Baby Powder Sales
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Jul 13, 2020
National advocacy group Black Women for Wellness joined more than 170 other nonprofits from 51 countries last week in demanding that Johnson & Johnson stop the worldwide distribution of…
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Johnson & Johnson Talc-Asbestos Verdict Upheld, Award Cut
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Jun 25, 2020
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a landmark jury verdict that said long-term use of Johnson & Johnson’s talc products, possibly contaminated with asbestos fibers, had caused ovarian cancer…
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Major Cosmetic Companies Moving Away from Talc in Makeup
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Jun 11, 2020
Consumer concerns and the threat of potentially costly lawsuits are driving cosmetic companies away from the long-standing manufacture of talc-based products. Reuters News Service is reporting that Revlon, Chanel…
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COVID-19 Closures Accelerate Asbestos Abatement in Schools
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Jun 8, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic closed educational institutions everywhere, but it also opened a door to the acceleration of vitally important asbestos abatement in schools where children would have been in…
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Health Experts Criticize EPA’s Asbestos Draft Risk Evaluation
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Jun 2, 2020
Doctors, scientists and occupational health experts from across the country are openly criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent asbestos draft risk evaluation. At a virtual press conference arranged…
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Johnson & Johnson Ends Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in US, Canada
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- May 20, 2020
Johnson & Johnson announced Tuesday that it will stop selling its iconic, talc-based baby powder, the target of thousands of lawsuits claiming that its talc was contaminated with asbestos, which…
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