Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / July 2008

Since children often go to the beach you may be interested in reading
this article on Illinois Beach State Park and asbestos contamination
entitled "Still Waiting for Answers on Beach Asbestos" at
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1040884,CST-EDT-carol06.article

The U. S. House of Representatives is considering a bill to ban
asbestos (it is already banned in 40 countries) and fund medical
research to find effective treatments for asbestos diseases, such as
mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs, abdomen and heart.
Write to your U. S. Representative either from his/her website or from
http://www.banasbestos.us asking him/her to support the bill.  Banning
asbestos is not enough as it does not help people already sick, people
already exposed to asbestos and people who will become exposed to
asbestos already in place.