Under the guise of helping victims of asbestos poisoning, Washington politicians are pushing S. 852 and calling it the "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act" (F.A.I.R.). The only ones getting fair treatment in this deal are the asbestos companies and insurers whose products poisoned and killed many people.
Asbestos manufacturers have known since the 1920's that their product injures and kills people exposed to it, yet they kept the deadly nature of their product a secret. Hundreds of thousands of workers and consumers have died or will die from diseases that result from asbestos exposure - people who desperately need help to pay medical expenses as they fight for their lives.
But the F.A.I.R. Act is nothing more than a massive corporate bailout! If passed, this act will save the top ten asbestos producing corporations $20 billion dollars by taking away the legal rights of asbestos victims, forcing them into an ineffective and under funded new trust fund run by the U.S. Department of Labor.
While asbestos manufactures make out like bandits under this misguided proposal, victims and taxpayers will be left to pay the real price of asbestos poisoning.
Time is running out, the F.A.I.R Act may come to a vote as early as February 6. Please urge your Senators to reject this legislation that re-victimizes those who are already suffering from the devastating financial and health consequences of asbestos poisoning, and requires taxpayers to foot the bill for negligent corporations looking for a free ride away from their responsibility.
We signed the “Protect the Innocent Victims of Asbestos Poisoning” petition!
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10:48 am PST, Feb 17,Sissy Riffin, Texas
This administraiton has blocked every attempt to protect our troops, give them and their families complete health care, even diminishing their health care. Amazing that this Administraiton also claims that they are the protectors of our military men and woman. Those of us, regardless of our polics must become a viable force to provide everything our troops need.
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8:24 am PST, Feb 17,Scott Cady, Minnesota
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7:48 am PST, Feb 17,Nancy Williford McDonald, Arkansas
My father passed away May 2, 2003 from Asbestos after serving for 23 years in the Navy and served in WWII, Korea and the Vietnam wars. My mother is still living and it has been very hard for her and for our family after losing him. We miss him dearly. Asbestos was known about many many years ago and still nothing was done. My father was 76 years old and was still playing sports and was in great health for his age. All of us that have went through this really need to be heard and we need justice and compensation. My father was everything to me and I miss him so very much.
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7:40 am PST, Feb 17,Dawn Watson, Maine
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7:21 am PST, Feb 17,Michele Villeneuve, Minnesota
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6:08 am PST, Feb 17,Cindy Anders, Florida
Those people running those companys at the time should be on trial for murder!! You cant give these people back their lives but you can make sure that the loved ones they leave behind live there lives to the fullest!!
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5:22 am PST, Feb 17,Beth Laurer, Indiana
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5:21 am PST, Feb 17,Michael J. Anderson, Florida
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3:14 am PST, Feb 17,Bryan Oliver, United Kingdom
Peoples lives have been destroyed. You need to make those Companies pay their victims proper compensation. Anything less is to condone and support the Companies disgusting and unethical behaviour. If you have a product on the market that kills people and you know that it kills people, doesn't that make that person, a murderer? That Company a murderous Company? Will those murderers be arrested and made to stand trial for their crimes?
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12:17 am PST, Feb 17,Rossco Keysie, Australia
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11:13 pm PST, Feb 16,Anthony DiBitonto, Florida
Please Vote against this Bill , I am a Korean War Veteran with Asbestosis , as there are many US Veterans , Shipyard Workers , Construction Workers who have this Terrible Sickness , Thank You !
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9:41 pm PST, Feb 16,Olutoyin Adebanjo, New York
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9:23 pm PST, Feb 16,Darlene Schueler, Tennessee
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7:54 pm PST, Feb 16,Kathleen Howard, Florida
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7:36 pm PST, Feb 16,Mary Mcnulty, Pennsylvania
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7:26 pm PST, Feb 16,Erika Boka, Pennsylvania
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6:56 pm PST, Feb 16,Name not displayed, Michigan
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5:30 pm PST, Feb 16,Glen Holt, Pennsylvania
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5:29 pm PST, Feb 16,Jenny Rittershofer, California
Please help the victims of asbestos poisoning receive compensation.
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5:28 pm PST, Feb 16,Louise Dahlgren, Minnesota
It finally came to me. By eliminating the working class, working poor, homeless, etc., the wealthy will have won by destroying the very core of humankind. Does anyone remember the Bolshevik revolution?
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5:21 pm PST, Feb 16,Name not displayed, Canada
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4:15 pm PST, Feb 16,Dixie Osborn, Illinois
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3:22 pm PST, Feb 16,Joelle Shefts, New York
The victims are innocent, the corporations are not.
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3:13 pm PST, Feb 16,Dana Driscoll, Pennsylvania
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2:41 pm PST, Feb 16,ALFRED PAPILLON, Montana
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2:39 pm PST, Feb 16,JAMES HARVEY, Mississippi
i am a victim of asbestos poisoning an should be compensated an not thrown out like a piece of dirt .
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2:11 pm PST, Feb 16,Joe Boykin, South Carolina
I have a family that I may not be here to support, love and be with. Asbestos poisoning is destroying my ability to live, it should not destroy those who remain because of the greed of those who are responsible for my exposure.
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1:56 pm PST, Feb 16,Mary Link-Hobbib, California
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1:46 pm PST, Feb 16,Tisha Angelo, Ohio
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1:39 pm PST, Feb 16,Kelli Falk, New York
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11:29 am PST, Feb 16,Mary Jo Douglas, California
Asbestos is leathal and injured parties should be protect and cared for by the manufacturers.
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10:09 am PST, Feb 16,Name not displayed, Louisiana
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9:05 am PST, Feb 16,Sharon Taylor, Arizona
Time to protect the people NOT the coporations.
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8:06 am PST, Feb 16,Carissa Samara, North Carolina
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7:32 am PST, Feb 16,Nancy Snow, Washington
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7:05 am PST, Feb 16,Jeff Martin, Michigan
Give them a break, it won't break the bank to help these people out
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4:00 am PST, Feb 16,Ozlem Ozyener, New York
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12:17 am PST, Feb 16,Name not displayed, California
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11:58 pm PST, Feb 15,Carol DeYoung, Kentucky
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11:53 pm PST, Feb 15,Betsy Smith Tribble, Colorado
Right now there are thousands of loyal Americans fighting a war in the wrong country over oil and old grudges. They're often giving up their limbs, or their lives because they, like the millions of vets before them, are loyal to the country that they love and respect. Meanwhile, the lawmakers are doing everything in their power to erode that respect by sending troops to their ultimate deaths because they were not provided with the proper armor that could save their lives. Now Congress has the opportunity to repay those veterans who have given their services in other conflicts only to find they were infected by unseen asbestos that either has already caused many slow, torturous deaths, or is in the process of horribly killing our veterans right now. You have the power to help them by giving them the justice and compensation they deserve. Just once, do the right thing.
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11:38 pm PST, Feb 15,Laura M. Meyers, Indiana
Major maufacturers get away with murder all for the love of money, what is wrong with this world. Big business makes billions at the expense of the people, Insurance makes millions off the sick people and then decide what kind of care people are alowed to have because they don't want to pay. Big business should be held accountable and show respect for the planet and the people and future generations that live on it.
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11:15 pm PST, Feb 15,Laura Conroy, Missouri
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10:46 pm PST, Feb 15,Christina Murphy, California
Workers harmed by asbestos deserve to have fair compensation --especially for medical expenses. Determining fair compensation is a question for a jury to decide, not Congress. Rather than curtail just compensation, why not establish federal funding, particularly for veterans harmed on active duty?
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10:05 pm PST, Feb 15,Robert Owens aka Nighthawk, Montana
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9:34 pm PST, Feb 15,Lori Dunworth, New Mexico
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9:03 pm PST, Feb 15,Catherine Maisey, Pennsylvania
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8:50 pm PST, Feb 15,Lisa Hopkins, Pennsylvania
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8:41 pm PST, Feb 15,Name not displayed, California
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8:40 pm PST, Feb 15,Stephanie Hines, Kansas
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8:25 pm PST, Feb 15,Becky Walton, California
Your Senators,
Workers need to be protected against asbestos poisoning.
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8:19 pm PST, Feb 15,Corinna Caplan, Wisconsin
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8:11 pm PST, Feb 15,Name not displayed, New York
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7:59 pm PST, Feb 15,John Miller, Texas
Bailing out the asbestos manufacturers weakens our democracy and alienates many.
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7:46 pm PST, Feb 15,Loretta J. Robb, Delaware
My friend's husband died long after he had been exposed to asbestos without the information of it's dangers. Please support justice and compensation for victims.
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7:43 pm PST, Feb 15,Anne Alfonzo, California
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7:38 pm PST, Feb 15,Victoria Ciofani, Illinois
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7:27 pm PST, Feb 15,Annette Radogna, California
Watching an otherwise healthy person die from cancers caused by asbestos exposure is horrible and sad. Please think of the families of America affected by this.
