Lisa Jackson gave her word that the choices she will make as the latest head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency are going to be scientifically and not politically influenced. She served sixteen years at EPA which consequently gave way to doubts that she might not be able to deliver on her word because she was incidentally within the system that produced wrongful policies for the past two decades.

A Scientific Advisory Board formed by the EPA currently presented a research that declared asbestos as non threatening material despite an age of reliable medical proof that asbestos is a cancer-causing agent.

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine back in 2004 asserted that asbestos still endangers the health of more than one million construction workers in the United States. Mesothelioma makes up three percent of cancer cases in the country while a study from the Environmental Working Group Action Fund also showed that there are around 10,000 deaths related to asbestos exposure each year. EPA has not done anything to date that will officially forbid it.

Ms. Jackson may be determined to handle business in EPA with an ardent commitment to the American people but then she will have to challenge a past filled with demand from political and industrial entities.

An official restriction of asbestos must be enacted by the EPA right away even if it will not bring back the lives of those who suffered from asbestos-related diseases but can hopefully spare the coming generation from its adverse effects.

Source: Mesothelioma Victims Hope New EPA will Change Asbestos Policies

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