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Asbestos is back
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:34 pm
by Bob78164
The EPA has opened the door to the use of asbestos in U.S. manufacturing. According to the section starting at page 258 of
this document, when assessing the risk of asbestos use, the "EPA does not plan to evaluate emission pathways to ambient air from commercial or industrial stationary sources or associated inhalation exposure of the general population." In addition, "EPA does not expect to include [the drinking water exposure] pathway in the risk evaluation for asbestos." And for its third act, "EPA does not expect to include [the ambient water] pathway in the risk evaluation."
It turns out, by the way, that the world's largest supplier of asbestos is a Russian company called Uralasbest.
I'm sure that's just a coincidence. --Bob
Re: Asbestos is back
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:00 pm
by Bob Juch
Bob78164 wrote:The EPA has opened the door to the use of asbestos in U.S. manufacturing. According to the section starting at page 258 of
this document, when assessing the risk of asbestos use, the "EPA does not plan to evaluate emission pathways to ambient air from commercial or industrial stationary sources or associated inhalation exposure of the general population." In addition, "EPA does not expect to include [the drinking water exposure] pathway in the risk evaluation for asbestos." And for its third act, "EPA does not expect to include [the ambient water] pathway in the risk evaluation."
It turns out, by the way, that the world's largest supplier of asbestos is a Russian company called Uralasbest.
I'm sure that's just a coincidence. --Bob
Who are selling asbestos with trump's photo on it:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... est-russia
Re: Asbestos is back
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:54 pm
by elwoodblues
Several years ago, when I made the mistake of thinking it was possible for someone my age to start a career as a paralegal, I had a temp job in a law firm that specialized in asbestos cases. Most of their clients were older people who had worked back when asbestos use was common. It looks like they may soon start getting a younger clientele.
Re: Asbestos is back
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:05 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
There is more than one kind of asbestos
Re: Asbestos is back
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:11 pm
by Bob78164
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:There is more than one kind of asbestos
Perhaps. But they're all high-risk carcinogens. --Bob
Re: Asbestos is back
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:47 pm
by silverscreenselect
elwoodblues wrote:Several years ago, when I made the mistake of thinking it was possible for someone my age to start a career as a paralegal, I had a temp job in a law firm that specialized in asbestos cases. Most of their clients were older people who had worked back when asbestos use was common. It looks like they may soon start getting a younger clientele.
And who says Donald Trump can't create jobs...