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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report stating that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) misled the public about asbestos levels in Lower Manhattan apartment buildings after 9/11. Asbestos can cause mesothelioma–a rare cancer–and other diseases. The EPA arranged for the professional cleanup of over 4,000 apartments during the two years […]

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Minnesota Department of Health withheld data about mesothelioma affecting miners for a year before making it public The Minnesota Department of Health discovered in March 2006 that 35 more Iron Range miners had been diagnosed with mesothelioma–a cancer of the lung lining associated with asbestos exposure–but withheld the information from the public for […]