MAGA: EPA now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing

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One of the most dangerous construction-related carcinogens is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) which allows new products containing asbestos to be created on a case-by-case basis.

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 required the agency to continually reevaluate hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals to see whether they should face new restrictions or be removed from the market. The SNUR greenlights companies to use toxic chemicals like asbestos without thinking about how it will endanger people who are indirectly in contact with it.

Asbestos, once seen as a magical mineral, was widely used in building insulation up until it was banned in most countries in the 1970s. The U.S. is one of the only developed nations in the world that has placed significant restrictions on the substance without banning it completely. New data revealed that asbestos-related deaths now total nearly 40,000 annually, with lung cancer and mesothelioma being the most common illnesses in association with the toxin. That number could rise if new asbestos-containing products make their way into brand new buildings.

read: https://archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-asbestos-manufacturing/

[Golden Raisin]

1. Anyone surprised?

[Fred Sanders]

2. Also, cigarettes will no longer be considered to cause cancer, and will made available to minors.

Alcohol will be freely sold to humans and all...what do "scientists" know? Is science even a science?

Stupid supporting stupid propaganda is what this is all about...even the corporations that may benefit may not want to start dumping chemicals into the air and water again...how many consumers gonna go for that?

[spanone]

3. Making Americans Dead Again

compliments of djt

[riversedge]

5. Can you make that a hashtag please?

[spanone]

10. it's too depressing.... Mesothelioma Claims Center The $30B Asbestos Trust Fund‎

Asbestos exposure is the main cause of pleural mesothelioma. When asbestos fibers are breathed in, they travel to the ends of small air passages and reach the pleura, where they can cause inflammation and scarring. This may damage cells' DNA and cause changes that result in uncontrolled cell growth.Feb 17, 2016

https://www.nationalmesotheliomaclaims.com/mesothelioma/?kw=mesothelioma&c=google&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImbG-rPPb3AIVjVcNCh0zyw6dEAAYASAAEgLmIPD_BwE

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4. Any construction company would be wise to avoid being associated with such installation.

No matter how lucrative, after tЯump is sent to prison, his policies and legacy will be reversed. They won't want to be left warehousing stockpiles of asbestos.

[marylandblue]

6. It takes 30 years to develop mesothelioma or asbestosis

Your children will get sick, but the construction company and manufacturer will be long gone.

[honest.abe]

7. And of course there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans.

No doubt Hillary would have done the same.. maybe even worse.

Right??

[populistdriven]

8. With the drop in smoking, lung cancer was going out of business, Trump is saving us by killing us!

This specimen looks even better inside your lungs! Buy Trump Asbestos!







Then Trump can get paid to remove it in 10 years!

[ismnotwasm]

9. #Magats will no doubt stand in lines for jobs working with asbestos

Oh wait, what jobs...