{"id":3892,"date":"2019-09-26T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/is-cancer-causing-asbestos-seeing-its-final-days\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:23","slug":"is-cancer-causing-asbestos-seeing-its-final-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/is-cancer-causing-asbestos-seeing-its-final-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Is cancer-causing asbestos seeing its final days?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Merkley y Bonamici aplauden la votaci\u00f3n del Subcomit\u00e9 de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes sobre su proyecto de ley para prohibir el asbesto<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici today applauded the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change&rsquo;s unanimous vote to pass their&nbsp;<em>Alan Reinstein Ley de Prohibici\u00f3n del Asbesto Ahora de 2019<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEs indignante que en el a\u00f1o 2019 todav\u00eda se permita el asbesto en los Estados Unidos\u201d,&nbsp;<span>dijo Merkley.<\/span>&nbsp;&ldquo;While the EPA fiddles, Americans are dying. More than 60 other nations have already recognized asbestos as the deadly substance it is, and acted to protect their citizens with the obvious response: A ban on asbestos.&nbsp;<span><span>It&rsquo;s time for us to catch up to the rest of the developed world, and end this dangerous public health threat once and for all.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Today, on National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, the House Energy and Commerce Committee took the critical first step of passing my bill, the&nbsp;<em>Ley de prohibici\u00f3n del amianto de Alan Reinstein ahora<\/em>, through a subcommittee,&rdquo;&nbsp;<span>said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.<\/span>&nbsp;&ldquo;I commend Chairmen Pallone and Tonko and Ranking Members Walden and Shimkus for their clear commitment to working in a bipartisan manner to get this legislation through the full committee and passed in the House. It is long past time to protect workers and communities by banning asbestos once and for all, and I look forward to working with the Senate and getting this bill across the finish line.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>La Ley de Prohibici\u00f3n del Asbesto Ahora de Alan Reinstein de 2019<\/em>&nbsp;prohibir\u00eda la extracci\u00f3n, importaci\u00f3n, uso y distribuci\u00f3n en el comercio de asbesto, un carcin\u00f3geno conocido, y cualquier mezcla que contenga asbesto en los Estados Unidos de Am\u00e9rica. El proyecto de ley lleva el nombre de Alan Reinstein, quien falleci\u00f3 en 2006 a la edad de 66 a\u00f1os de mesotelioma, una enfermedad causada por la exposici\u00f3n al asbesto. La esposa de Alan, Linda, cofund\u00f3 la Organizaci\u00f3n de Concientizaci\u00f3n sobre la Enfermedad del Asbesto (ADAO) en 2004.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s markup is yet another landmark step toward passing&nbsp;<em>the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019<\/em>,\u201d&nbsp;<span>dijo Linda Reinstein, cofundadora de ADAO.<\/span>&nbsp;&ldquo;It was especially powerful to see the bipartisan support for advancing the bill on Mesothelioma Awareness Day. I&rsquo;m grateful to Senator Merkley, Congresswoman Bonamici, and Chairman Pallone for their hard work to move this bill forward, and I look forward to continuing to partner with them to get this bill over the finish line.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merkley, Bonamici Applaud House Subcommittee Vote on Their Bill to Ban Asbestos WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici today applauded the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change&rsquo;s unanimous vote to pass their&nbsp;Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s outrageous that in the year 2019, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is cancer-causing asbestos seeing its final days? 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