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): Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. 847 (112 th ): Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. 2005 – 2019 ADAO Conference Agendas and ProgramsS.

The legislative history and the current language in TSCA are such that while regulations have been added, these additions do not ban asbestos, but merely impose stricter requirements for the use of the deadly mineral. One of the most significant omissions from TSCA is asbestos, a known human carcinogen that is not one of the five substances to have been restricted for use by the EPA. Their joint efforts on this piece of legislation show there is no place for partisanship in public health.ADAO stands with hundreds of public health, environmental, and business groups that have come together to join with Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, and I am so excited that we have become part of the coalition working towards reform in the regulation of chemicals and substances used in the United States.

We encourage you to spend five minutes, watch this video, and share it on your social networks.At the present time, the only two ways to eliminate environmental and occupational asbestos-caused diseases are prevention and a cure. There is nothing funny about asbestos, or the preventable diseases that continue to claim lives, but Jon Stewart’s Daily Show managed to pull the humor from such a ludicrous situation. Frankly, you won’t believe what you see and hear in the video “Ored to Death.” Canada continues to mine the lethal fiber and export it around the world. As this excellent segment from the Daily Show with John Stewart show. Much of America’s asbestos imports come from our neighbor to the north – Canada. The United States continues to import asbestos, and consumer, occupational and environmental exposure continues, although many are under the false impression that asbestos has been banned.

Additionally, The Safer Chemicals Act of 2012 provides further protection by authorizing other governmental organizations to ban dangerous chemicals and substances, like asbestos.Click here to sign the petition and tell your Senator how important protecting your family from dangerous chemicals and substances really is in America.