EPA Will Not Evaluate Asbestos In Homes and Buildings

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Environmental Protection Agency will not consider the health risks and impacts of asbestos already in the environment when evaluating the dangers associated with the chemical compound, Scott Pruitt quietly announced last week. That means asbestos used in tiles, piping and adhesives throughout homes and businesses in the United States will remain largely unchecked and unaccounted for. Nearly 15,000 Americans die each year from asbestos-related diseases, but President Donald Trump has called the substance "100 percent safe, once applied."

In his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, Trump argued that the association of the chemical with health risks was part of a mob-created conspiracy. “I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented,” he wrote.

The Trump EPA's decision came in response to new amendments made to the Toxic Substances Control Act in 2016. The additions to the bill mandate that the EPA perform safety reviews of certain chemicals, require testing and public notice of safety info for said chemicals and allow the EPA to ban certain uses of asbestos (previously, the EPA did not have the authority to do so).

The EPA announced last Friday that it would evaluate and require approval for new uses of asbestos but would not evaluate the health risks of asbestos already in the environment. “The end result will be a seriously inadequate risk evaluation that fails to address major contributors to the heavy and growing toll of asbestos mortality and disease in the United States,” said Linda Reinstein, president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization in a statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/epa-will-not-evaluate-asbestos-in-homes-and-buildings/ar-AAykTif?li=BBnb7Kz

Can Trump be anymore of a brain dead idiot? Maybe he should take a trip to Libby Montana, a small town where an asbestos mine operated for 71 years. 400 people have died and 3000 more have been sickened by asbestos related illnesses.

[lapfog_1]

1. my father died of mesothelioma

the xrays showed a bright dot in one lung that the surgeons said was caused by asbestos from his time in the Navy (most likely).

The cancer had spread so much that is was inoperable by the time it was discovered (back in the late 1980s).

fuck Trump.

[suffragette]

2. Toxic Trump and his toxic administration.

[dameatball]

3. Another boneheaded move, hoping that more people will become sick, with no health care.

One hopeful glimmer is that mortgage or insurance companies may still require an inspection to stave off any future litigation.

[Freethinker65]

4. Better scrub the CDC and other agencies toxicology reports