Under Trump’s EPA, asbestos might be making a comeback

[phands]

He really is a piece of filth....

Asbestos, a dangerous carcinogen outlawed in more than 55 countries, could make a comeback in the United States, under Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has even made it easier for companies to introduce new uses of asbestos-containing products in America—many of which could end up in common products in your home, as well as the materials used to build it.
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On June 1, the EPA enacted a “SNUR” (short for Significant New Use Rule) allowing the manufacture of new asbestos-containing products to be petitioned and approved by the federal government on a case-by-case basis.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback

 

[ZiprHead]

Russia is the world’s largest producer of asbestos

Just a coincidence. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

 

[ZiprHead]

Russian asbestos company puts Bonespurs fugly mug on its product.

 

[starwater]

Blatant. this makes me want to

 

[Underseer]

Reminder: for decades, conservatives and libertarians argued that all Democrats are traitors because Jane Fonda went to Hanoi.