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Asbestos is the subject of a risk evaluation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and proposed new rules will allow the Agency to regulate new uses of the material. Shown is asbestos insulation on piping.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June released proposed regulations related to asbestos. In the agency\u2019s press release, it describes \u201ca significant new use rule (SNUR) proposal enabling the Agency to prevent new uses of asbestos\u2013the first such action on asbestos ever proposed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Environmental critics have voiced their disapproval and mainstream media have picked up on the story. An article suggesting asbestos rules would be weakened under the EPA proposal appeared in Fast Company<\/a> in June. The Architects Newspaper<\/a> in early August reported, \u201cEPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The federal agency is defending its actions. \u201cThe press reports on this issue are inaccurate,\u201d EPA spokesman James Hewitt said in a statement reported by CBS News<\/a>. \u201cWithout the proposed Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) EPA would not have a regulatory basis to restrict manufacturing and processing for the new asbestos uses covered by the rule. The EPA action would prohibit companies from manufacturing, importing, or processing for these new uses of asbestos unless they receive approval from EPA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asbestos is also one of the ten chemicals the EPA will evaluate under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Agency\u2019s problem formulation documents, released for comment in June, refine the scope of risk evaluations it will undertake. These documents are an interim step prior to completing and publishing the final risk evaluations by December 2019.<\/p>\n

Read the EPA\u2019s asbestos announcement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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