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Asbestos
Worker safety
Merkley, Bonamici applaud House panel vote to ban asbestos
The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 now goes to the full House.
Worker safety
Time to ban a slow-moving killer
The daughter of a union plumber wants to end the occupational disease that claimed her father.
Worker safety
Merkley, Bonamici want to ban asbestos
The Centers for Disease Control reports that asbestos-related deaths are on the rise.
Worker safety
Time to ban asbestos? Merkley and Bonamici think so
Decades after asbestos insulation was banned, the fibers are still in many legal products in America.
