For (y)our general information ...

Andrew Cutz
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Andrew Cutz, CIH
HS-Canada List Technical Moderator
http://www.ccohs.ca/hscanada/hscanada.html

Reference URLs:

Environmental Working Group (EWG) Action Fund
http://www.ewg.org/

Asbestos: Think again ...
http://ewg.org/reports/asbestos/

Asbestos: The Challenge
http://murray.senate.gov/asbestos/

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ASBESTOS EPIDEMIC A PERSISTENT PUBLIC HEALTH MENACE

WASHINGTON, DC, March 5, 2004 (ENS) - Diseases caused by asbestos claim
the lives of at least 27 Americans every day, nearly the number that are
slain in firearms assaults, a new review of government data by an
environmental research group has found. Some 9,907 Americans die each
year from cancers and other illnesses caused by asbestos, according to
the detailed analysis of government mortality records and
epidemiological studies by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) Action
Fund.
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SOURCE: Care2 Daily News by Environment News Service (March 5, 2004)