The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a framework that will create opportunities for “new uses” of asbestos. On June 1, the EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics announced plans for a “Significant New Use Rule” (SNUR) for the substance.
While all currently banned uses of asbestos are expected to remain in place, the EPA has opted to create new avenues for asbestos use. The EPA said the proposal would affect a wide range of uses related to manufacturing that the EPA has identified as “no longer ongoing.”
Such uses would include “adhesive, sealants and roof and non-roof coatings; arc chutes; beater-add gaskets; extruded sealant tape and other tape; filler for acetylene cylinders; high-grade electrical paper; millboard; missile liner; pipeline wrap; reinforced plastics; roofing felt; separators in fuel cells and batteries; vinyl-asbestos floor type and any other building material (other than cement),” according to the EPA.
Before the Trump administration came into power, new uses of asbestos were banned as part of a widespread effort to phase out use of the substance. It is unclear how much Trump’s personal stance on asbestos may have influenced his administration’s decision. In his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, he claimed that the association of the substance with health risks was part of a “mob”-created conspiracy.
I guess if Russia says it’s good then it must be true!
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a framework that will create opportunities for “new uses” of asbestos. On June 1, the EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics announced plans for a “Significant New Use Rule” (SNUR) for the substance.
While all currently banned uses of asbestos are expected to remain in place, the EPA has opted to create new avenues for asbestos use. The EPA said the proposal would affect a wide range of uses related to manufacturing that the EPA has identified as “no longer ongoing.”
Such uses would include “adhesive, sealants and roof and non-roof coatings; arc chutes; beater-add gaskets; extruded sealant tape and other tape; filler for acetylene cylinders; high-grade electrical paper; millboard; missile liner; pipeline wrap; reinforced plastics; roofing felt; separators in fuel cells and batteries; vinyl-asbestos floor type and any other building material (other than cement),” according to the EPA.
Before the Trump administration came into power, new uses of asbestos were banned as part of a widespread effort to phase out use of the substance. It is unclear how much Trump’s personal stance on asbestos may have influenced his administration’s decision. In his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, he claimed that the association of the substance with health risks was part of a “mob”-created conspiracy.
I guess if Russia says it’s good then it must be true!
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA] destroys Republicans for holding 100+ hearings into Hillary Clinton’s email server AND only two on Russia’s interference into the 2016 election
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA] destroys Republicans for holding 100+ hearings into Hillary Clinton’s email server AND only two on Russia’s interference into the 2016 election
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