Ban Asbestos in America Act: Findings 6-8

(6) families of workers are put at risk because of asbestos brought home by the workers on the shoes, clothes, skin, and hair of the workers;

(7) the National Institutes of Health reported to Congress in 2006 that mesothelioma is a difficult disease to detect, diagnose, and treat;

(8) the Environmental Working Group estimates that as many as 10,000 citizens of the United States die each year from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases;