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Congress must compensate their families, who were almost certainly contaminated with fibers carried home on work clothes, and who are now condemned to live under the perpetual shadow of asbestos disease.

For those of us who have lost loved ones, it's too late.

It's not too late for Congress to do the right thing by its own employees, and to make sure this doesn't happen again.” According to Dr.

Richard A.

Lemen, former Assistant Surgeon General (ret) United States Public Health Service and Co-Science Director of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization: “To observe a deplorable situation like this in the tunnels of our United States Capitol is shocking - 37 years after the deliberative bodies housed there passed landmark public health legislation aimed to protect America's workers and our environment.

This tragedy was unfolding right underneath the location of those historic deliberations that resulted in the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.” “ADAO has been assured by the U.S.

Senate that...

The suit names 16 plants at which Coffman worked, where he was exposed.

They are Appalachian Power Company, Allied Chemical, Ashland Oil, Inc., B.F.

Goodrich Company, Glasgow Powerhouse, Goodyear, John Amos Power Plant, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Kyger Creek Powerhouse, Louisa Powerhouse, Monongahela Power Company, Monsanto Company, Ohio Power Company, Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation and Virginia Electric & Power Company.

In a 10-count suit, Coffman claims the companies were negligent in informing their employees about the risks of asbestos.

Therefore, Coffman claims he did not know the danger of the asbestos, which caused him to suffer physically and mentally.

The Coffmans seek judgment and damages against all defendants.The case has been assigned to a visiting judge.

Kanawha Circuit Court case number 07-C-616 Cara Bailey E-mail this article to a friend ISSUES ©2005 The Record, Inc.

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