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Faulting EPA Analysis, Critics Step Up Push For Stalled Asbestos Ban Bill


April 3, 2020 at 03:37 PM
A key House Democrat and an asbestos awareness group are stepping up efforts to advance stalled bipartisan legislation seeking to ban asbestos, arguing EPA’s recently released draft evaluation of the minerals under the revised toxics law is too narrowly focused and ignores multiple aspects of asbestos risk as well an appellate court ruling.

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