The Beach and Asbestos

[Faye]

A article on Illinois Beach State Park and asbestos contamination
entitled "Still Waiting for Answers on Beach Asbestos" is 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
which has a long incubation period. 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.