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Saturday, August 11th, 2018

EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing

Author:     SYDNEY FRANKLIN
Source:     The Architects Newspaper
Publication Date:     August 6, 2018
 Link: EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing
Stephan:   Did you know that asbestos causes lung cancer and mesothelioma? You did? Why do you think the EPA didn't get that news. The other day I ran a story on how the Trump administration doesn't seem to understand that carbon powered vehicle emissions cause air pollution so they lowered emissions standards. Now this:  "The EPA’s recently released report detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances states that the agency will “no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.” Really, the Trump administration actually said that. I confess I don't know how stupid you have to be to continue to support Trump but across all polls, according  to fivethirtyeight, Trump's approval rating is up slightly. That's right, up. So I guess based on the data we can say stupidity is alive, well, and carefully cultivated in White christofascist America. I say White christofascist because nine out of ten Trump supporters are White. Can you have race shame? I do.

 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has enacted a SNUR (Significant New Rule) allowing companies to use new asbestos-containing products on a case-by-case basis.
Credit: Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center

Fast Company recently reported on the potential comeback of one of the most infamous building materials of recent memory. Asbestos is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a serious of loopholes by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As Fast Company reported, on June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) that allowed the distribution of products containing asbestos on a case-by-case basis.

According to Fast Company, the EPA’s recently released report detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances states that the agency will “no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.” (emphasis added)

This news comes after the EPA reviewed its first batch of 10 chemicals under the 2016 amendment to the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which requires the agency to continually reevaluate […]

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1 Comment

  1. Giles Nowak on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    Took Quebec, a huge producer, over 3 decades to finally stop asbestos mining. And Canada overall only this year finally banned all production.

    We, here, are moving insanely backwards.

    The Environmental Attack Agency.