Linda Reinstein: "Asbestos: Still Legal and Lethal in the USA" presented at the ANDEVA “International Day of Asbestos Victims” Conference in Paris, France on October 12, 2012. Conference information is online at http://andeva.fr
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Linda Reinstein: "Asbestos: Still Legal and Lethal in the USA" presented at the ANDEVA “International Day of Asbestos Victims” Conference
1. “Asbestos: Still Legal and Lethal in the USA”
ANDEVA International Day of Asbestos Victims
Paris, France
October 12, 2012
LINDA REINSTEIN
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
President/CEO and Co-founder
Linda@adao.us
5. “History is a Great Teacher to Those Who Listen”
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6. • 1989 EPA issued a final rule banning most asbestos-
containing products
• 1991 this regulation was overturned by the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals in New Orleans
• Only three banned asbestos-containing products are:
– flooring felt
– rollboard
– corrugated, commercial, or specialty paper
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9. 2011
•“THE UNITED STATES IS DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS TO
MEET MANUFACTURING NEEDS.”
•Asbestos consumption in the United States was estimated
to be 1,180 metric tons.
•Roofing products were estimated to account for about 60%
•of U.S. consumption; the chloralkali industry about 35%;
and unknown applications, 5%.
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13. Environmental Exposure:
Natural and Man-made Disasters
W.R. Grace Vermiculite Mine
Joplin, MO Libby, MT
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14. Occupational Exposure
World Trade Center Disaster 9.11.2001 Under the Steps of the Capitol
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15. President’s Cancer Panel
“Construction workers were found to be
11 times more likely to develop
mesothelioma, due to asbestos exposures
at the site.”
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16. Social Responsibility
Human Rights
Environmental Rights
Civil Rights
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18. Simple ≠ Easy
Education Compliance Enforcement
On 9/10, 2012, OSHA cited
seven construction
companies with 45 serious
violations for exposing
workers to asbestos hazards
on construction work site.
Proposed penalties total
$148,000.
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22. Advocacy
UN: “Building a Culture of Prevention”
The International Social Security Association reported that
the “cost-benefit potential for investments in
prevention may be as strong as 1 : 2.2, and even higher
in some cases.”
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