Environmental Group Releases Asbestos Report, Says 10,000 Americans Will Die Each Year from Asbestos-Related Illnesses

Asbestos can be blamed for nearly 43,000 American deaths since 1979, and approximately 100,000 more will die from several asbestos-related diseases over the next decade.

That according to a report issued earlier this month by The Environmental Working Group (EWG) Action Fund, based in Washington, D.C. The Report, titled 'Asbestos: Think Again,' is a review on what EWG calls the Asbestos Epidemic in America. The report had its origins in dozens of EWG investigations and projects on toxic substance exposure, control and regulation.

According to the report, the group's focus on the asbestos epidemic began six years ago, after EWG …