Opposition to Senate Bill 742, the Ban Asbestos in America Act Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/opposition-to-senate-bill-742-the-ban-asbestos-in-america-act.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:46 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Donna Hicks [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3774759?utm_medium=rss My brother died a slow, painfully horrible death from being exposed to asbestos over 30 yrs ago. So he was dead long before he succumbed to mesothelioma 7/15/07. That's because ALL mesothelioma victims die-most within the 1st year after diagnosis-long after exposure.
A watered down ban on asbestos is UNACCEPTABLE!!! If it were your relatives, you would surely ban ALL vermiculite, talc and taconite. There MUST be more severe penalties for improper removal of asbestos and ALL asbestos banned!

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:02:58 UTC 3774759 Dr. Robert Brooks [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3127431?utm_medium=rss Banning asbestos in America must include those minerals that are contaminated with amphiboles such as tremolite, anthophylite and actinolite. Also winchite and richterite need to be added to those amphiboles that are regulated by EPA and OSHA.

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:59:17 UTC 3127431 Dr. L. Christine Oliver [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3052872?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:21:37 UTC 3052872 Mr. John Gerow [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3001642?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:20:10 UTC 3001642 Dr. Cora Roelofs [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2990934?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:48:23 UTC 2990934 Ms. Carol Giles-Boyar, MPH, CIH [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2968676?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:05:08 UTC 2968676 Dr Jordan Rinker [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2968615?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:50:32 UTC 2968615 mrs Anonymous [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2962238?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:38:11 UTC 2962238 Dr Perry Sheffield [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2957830?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Feb 2008 02:36:12 UTC 2957830 Ms. Alice Freund [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2955650?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:36:37 UTC 2955650 Mr. David Rizzolo [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2951901?utm_medium=rss My career has been devoted to the management of asbestos containing construction materials and naturally occurring asbestos. It now looks like my great grandchildren may be carrying on my work! It is sad to see us repeating the same mistakes over and over again with respect to protecting the public from the hazards of asbestos. How can we ever hope to stop asbestos litigation if we don't ban the asbestos materials. This is very discouraging, but not too surprising.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:00:41 UTC 2951901 Env. Engineer Gerard Bailey [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2950912?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:38:18 UTC 2950912 Mr. Charles Reaney [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2950385?utm_medium=rss As an environmental consultant/IH for 22+ years, I strongly oppose the dilution of the bill in it's present form, and respectfully urge Congress to re-focus on it's original intent to provide meaningful protection to the public from known and proven asbestos exposure hazards, rather than focusing on the economic impact to product producers, and the political ramifications thereof.

Honorable ladies and gentlemen, please serve the public, as the people who elected you believed that you would.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 03:52:15 UTC 2950385 Ms Grechen Schmidt [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2949585?utm_medium=rss Too many people believe that asbestos has been banned for years. It's time to make that a reality.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:58:34 UTC 2949585 CIH Michael Horowitz [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2948523?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:25:54 UTC 2948523 Ms Jackie Swagart [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2948143?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:33:30 UTC 2948143 Mr Chad Swagart [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2948137?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:32:36 UTC 2948137 Mr Glenn Swagart [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2948131?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:31:48 UTC 2948131 Mrs Debra Swagart [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2948115?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:29:55 UTC 2948115 Assoc Professor David F. Goldsmith, MSPH, PhD [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2947449?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:57:31 UTC 2947449 Mrs. Sharon Noonan Kramer [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2947098?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:08:49 UTC 2947098 Dr Catherine Inman [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2947001?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:54:29 UTC 2947001 Mr. Herman Hamilton [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2946996?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:53:38 UTC 2946996 Dr. Alan J. Hay [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2946874?utm_medium=rss Legislation should not be inacted which ignors or is contrary to scientific evidence that is accepted by the ovewhelming majority of experts on the issue of the proven harmful effects of asbestos in all forms that are respirable.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:39:22 UTC 2946874 Dr. V. Ramana Dhara [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2946797?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:28:54 UTC 2946797 Dr. Kathleen Fagan [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2946794?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:28:36 UTC 2946794 MD, PhD, professor Vilhjalmur Rafnsson [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2945437?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:02:43 UTC 2945437 Dr. Gary Greenberg [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2944846?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2008 02:13:32 UTC 2944846 Dr Larry A Lindesmith [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2944611?utm_medium=rss As a pulmonary and occupational consultant and NIOSH certified B Reader since 1984, and retired chairman of pulmonary and occupational medical departments at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (WI), I firmly concur with the need to make this legislation scientifically and medically cogent, to actually save lives.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:15:45 UTC 2944611 Ms. Stacey Champion, CIE (Certified Indoor Environmentalist) [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2944083?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:39:01 UTC 2944083 Professor Phil Brown [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943956?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:52:03 UTC 2943956 Dr. Steven Field [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943938?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:45:40 UTC 2943938 Ms Deborah Davitt [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943780?utm_medium=rss Tip o' the hat to principled doctors and researchers who truly have the public's health in mind.

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:49:50 UTC 2943780 Ms Angela Babin [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943646?utm_medium=rss Pleae include vermiculite, talc, taconite and related fibers, as well as products containing less than 1% of asbestos in Senate Bill 742.

As is - this bill would allow hazardous products to flourish - from children's toy's to household materials. I urge you to relook at the issues at hand, and find the way to ban asbestosis and mesothelioma from people's lives.

Thank you,

Angela Babin, M.S.
Occupational Health Specialist/Industrial Hygienist

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:06:01 UTC 2943646 Mr James Dunbarr [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943571?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:43:13 UTC 2943571 Dr. Karl Kelsey [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943530?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:32:21 UTC 2943530 MR Jay Herzmark RN [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943170?utm_medium=rss My brother-in-law died 6 month ago of asbestosis. He spent his last days in an intensive care unit unconscious on a ventilator. It was a completely needless death. He was 53. All asbestos should have been banned years ago. It is too late for him but not too late.

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:59:51 UTC 2943170 Dr. Patricia Blackwell [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943094?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:42:35 UTC 2943094 Dr. Anne Krantz [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2943006?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:24:20 UTC 2943006 Dr. Karen B. Mulloy [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942998?utm_medium=rss Director, Denver Health Center for Occupational Safety and Health
Associate Professor, Univeristy of Colorado School of Medicine

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:23:30 UTC 2942998 Mr. Jonathan Klane, M.S.Ed., CIH, CHMM, CET [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942905?utm_medium=rss Owner/Founder/Certified Industrial Hygienist
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]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:07:50 UTC 2942905 Env Health Eng Albert Donnay, MHS [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942854?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:58:27 UTC 2942854 Mr. Joel Shufro [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942777?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:45:28 UTC 2942777 dr. eckardt johanning [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942586?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:17:14 UTC 2942586 Ms Laura Linker [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942533?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:05:59 UTC 2942533 Dr. Robert Naparstek [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942452?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 02:50:48 UTC 2942452 Dr marian swinker [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942418?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 02:46:29 UTC 2942418 Dr. Michael McCann, PhD, CIH [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942412?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 02:45:42 UTC 2942412 Industrial Hygienist Lawrence Kalcso [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942363?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 02:38:34 UTC 2942363 Dr Ronald Blum MD FAAFP FACOEM [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942294?utm_medium=rss Any asbestos related exposure is placing our patients and your constituency at risk.

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2008 02:29:32 UTC 2942294 Mr. John Dimos, MS, CIH [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2942254?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2008 02:23:44 UTC 2942254