After nine long years, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, also known as the "9/11 First Responders bill," finally passed though Congress. The act is intended to provide medical services, including monitoring and care, for people who worked at Ground Zero, inadvertently exposing themselves to toxic dust that contained tons of asbestos, in addition to benzene and other chemicals characteristic of jet fuel. During the approval Read More...

When Canadian filmmaker Kathleen Mullen lost her father to mesothelioma, a deadly cancer related to asbestos exposure, her grief took her in the Read More...

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On April 2, residents hit the streets in Bloomington, Indiana for the sixth annual IU Mini Marathon and 5K Run/Walk. More than 1,000 participants Read More...

I found this article of great interest and wanted to share: Inequality Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Americans have been watching protests against Read More...