UnBelievable - Russian asbestos giant is using Tump's image to promote product.

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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.






According to environmental advocates, this new rule gives chemical companies the upper hand in creating new uses for such harmful products in the United States. In May, the EPA released a report detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances. The report states that the agency will no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.

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.


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https://archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-asbestos-manufacturing/
https://www.ewg.org/release/russian-asbestos-giant-praises-trump-administration-actions-keep-deadly-carcinogen-legal?utm_campaign=Social+Traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1531323552#.W2mtJv5Kii7
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[nykym]

1. Someone needs to check

and see if rump is getting any monetary benefits from this.

[peekaloo]

2. Literally a "cancer on this presidency"

I've heard that somewhere before........

[Sneederbunk]

3. If Trump is involved, it's assbestos.

[3catwoman3]

8. I totally love neologisms.

This is a particularly good one.

[sheshe2]

4. Appropriate actually.

He is as deadly as the asbestos is. He will cause as many if not more deaths than the product.

My BIL died from having worked around asbestos for years. From diagnosis to death, 10 months. It is a very aggressive form of cancer.

May trump rot in hell.

[MyOwnPeace]

5. You nailed it 100%

One is spelled "asbestos" - the other: "assbestos!"

(and we all know which is which!)

[populistdriven]

6. Lung cancer was going out of business, Trump is saving us by killing us!

[3catwoman3]

7. Seeing as both are dangerous, this is most...

...apropos.