#asbestos

#asbestos

"I can't sleep over this," said Luisa, a P.S. 176 mom who helped organize the demonstration. (Some parents' identities have been protected for fear of retaliation.)

Politicians have neglected their responsibilities regarding the significant issue involving the bonfire situation that poses risks due to the proximity of asbestos and a substation.

Benefield remembered the white dust that covered her father's clothes when he got home from work, and she learned later that the whole family had been exposed to asbestos.

Last year the Environmental Protection Agency, under President Joseph R. Biden, adopted a ban on the use, manufacture and import of chrysotile asbestos.

"We were under the radar for so long, people were getting evicted and everything," said Pat Cochran, an organizer for the tenants at Thomas Paine Square Apartments.

An inquest has been opened into the death of Terence Francis Lynch, 76, revealed as suffering from asbestos-related cancer after his passing in February.