The report comes as legislation, recently introduced in the Georgia state Senate, seeks to erect a series of difficult roadblocks meant to block the ability of current and future victims in the state sickened by asbestos exposure from seeking compensation in court from the corporations responsible for poisoning them. Asbestos was once widely used in...| Asbestos Nation – EWG Action Fund
Asbestos has devastated thousands of Florida families, with more than 14,200 residents dying from asbestos-triggered diseases between 1999 and 2013 alone. Yet a bill introduced in the state legislature by Rep. Thomas Leek (R-Ormond Beach) – H.B. 741 –would erect a series of roadblocks that could delay or deny justice for current and future victims....| Asbestos Nation – EWG Action Fund
Relative to its population, more residents of Maine die each year from asbestos-triggered diseases than any other state in the country, according to an analysis by EWG Action Fund. Asbestos-triggered diseases cause 10.1 deaths out of every 100,000 in Maine – a mortality rate higher than any other state. The nationwide average is dramatically lower...| Asbestos Nation – EWG Action Fund
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