Sen. Patty Murray’s Comments on the Workplace and Employment Safety Subcommittee

The following is taken from U.S. Senator Patty Murray’s Weekly Report to the People of Washington, March 5, 2007:

Second, I chaired a hearing of the Workplace and Employment Safety Subcommittee of the Senate HELP Committee to discuss the dangers asbestos presents, the people who have suffered from exposure, and the legislation I have proposed to ban it.

At the hearing, I discussed how asbestos is so dangerous that there is no known safe level of exposure. I also discussed the deadly cancers it can cause, such as mesothelioma.

To listen to Sen. Murray’s testimony or learn more about the Ban Asbestos in America Act bill, click here [[http://murray.senate.gov/asbestos/update5.html]].