Last year, under the Biden administration, the environmental protection agency took a long -awaited step in prohibits the last type of asbestos still used in the United States—Chrysotile asbestos, aka “white asbestos”. While the use of the asbestos of crisis was in decline, the dangerous mineral has lingered in various gaskets, blocks of brakes, brakes and aftermarket car coverings, other coast products of the vehicle and some diaphragms used to produce sodium and chlorine hydroxide.
With the ban, the United States have joined over 50 other countries all over the world that had prohibited its use due to health risks. Generally, it is known that asbestos causes pulmonary carcinoma, mesothelioma, ovarian carcinoma and laryngeal carcinoma. Exposure to asbestos is linked to over 40,000 deaths in the United States every year, the EPA observed at that moment.
“Science is clear: Asbesto is a known carcinogenic agent who has serious impacts on public health. President Biden understands that this [is a] concern that has gone through generations and influenced the lives of countless people. That’s why the EPA is so proud to finalize this long -standing ban on asbestos uses, “said Michael Regan, APA administrator In a declaration.
“100 % safe”
While the move was decades in production and greeted by health supporters, it has however allowed companies a generous period to gradually eliminate the use of asbestos, in some cases up to 12 years. This did not prevent the sector from taking legal actions against the regulation shortly after the announcement of the APA. The dispute, brought by a number of companies and commercial groups, including the American Chemistry Council, has been underway since then.
Monday, the EPA, now under the Trump administration, Documents of the Court stored To say that “now it intends to reconsider” the ban and “expect this process, including any regulatory changes, will take about 30 months”. The EPA asked the Court to suspend the judicial case in the meantime. The deposit included a declaration in support of the reconsiderations of the new deputy administrator of the APA of the office for chemical security and the prevention of the Lynn Ann Dekleva pollution, which until last year worked as a lobbyist AND Director of the American Chemistry Council.
As reported by Ars last yearThere was always concern that another Trump administration would work to overturn the ban; Trump supports the use of asbestos. In his 1997 book The art of returnTrump wrote that asbestos is “100 % safe, once applied“And he blamed the crowd for his carcinogenic reputation, writing:” I think the movement against asbestos was led by the crowd, because they were often companies related to the crowd that would have made the removal of asbestos “.
Trump’s support for asbestos was accepted in Russia, a primary asbestos supplier in the United States. In 2018 a Russian asbestos company began market asbestos with Trump’s face And a reading of seals “approved by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States”.
This story originally appeared on Ars Technica.
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