Remind your elected officials of the importance of funding medical research funding, especially for mesothelioma during the Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriations process. Please contact your members of Congress and urge them to fund this critical research.

The MODDERN Cures Act would help doctors find the patients most likely to be helped by a certain treatment by offering more tests to doctors and patients. Right now, there’s no clear pathway for getting new tests approved. Plus, once approved, it can still take a year or more before a test is available for patients. MODDERN will open a clear pathway for approving new tests. Please take a moment to contact your Congressional Representative and ask them to cosponsor the MODDERN Cures Act.

The Safe Chemicals Act will require chemical companies to demonstrate the safety of industrial chemicals and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate safety based on the best available science. This legislation is needed to rapidly reduce exposure to toxic chemicals like mesothelioma causing asbestos, which is still used in some building and automotive materials. Please ask your Senator to cosponsor the Safe Chemicals Act today.