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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3675253" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>American exceptionalism</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback" target="_blank"><em><u>Fast Company</u></em></a> recently reported on the potential comeback of one of the most infamous building materials of recent memory. Asbestos is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a serious of loopholes by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As <em><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202018-08-03%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:16492%5D&utm_term=Construction%20Dive" target="_blank"><u>Fast Company</u></a> </em>reported, on June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) that allowed the distribution of products containing asbestos on a case-by-case basis.</p><p></p><p>According to <em><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback" target="_blank"><u>Fast Company</u></a>,</em> the EPA’s recently <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4495888-Problem-Forumulations.html" target="_blank"><u>released report</u></a> detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances states that <strong>the agency will “no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.” </strong></p><p></p><p>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 requires the agency to continually reevaluate hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals in lieu of removing them from the market or placing new restrictions on their use. The SNUR greenlights companies to use toxic chemicals like asbestos without consideration about how they will endanger people who are indirectly in contact with them. </p><p></p><p>Asbestos was widely used in building insulation up until it was completely banned in most countries in the 1970s. The <strong>U.S. severely restricted its use without completely outlawing it.</strong> As <em><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202018-08-03%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:16492%5D&utm_term=Construction%20Dive" target="_blank"><u>Fast Company</u></a> </em>covered, the <a href="http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org/" target="_blank"><u>Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)</u></a> revealed in April that <strong>asbestos-related deaths now total nearly 40,000 annually</strong>, with lung cancer and <a href="https://www.maacenter.org/" target="_blank"><u>mesothelioma</u></a> being the most common illnesses in association with the toxin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3675253, member: 56035"] American exceptionalism [URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback'][I][U]Fast Company[/U][/I][/URL] recently reported on the potential comeback of one of the most infamous building materials of recent memory. Asbestos is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a serious of loopholes by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As [I][URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202018-08-03%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:16492%5D&utm_term=Construction%20Dive'][U]Fast Company[/U][/URL] [/I]reported, on June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) that allowed the distribution of products containing asbestos on a case-by-case basis. According to [I][URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback'][U]Fast Company[/U][/URL],[/I] the EPA’s recently [URL='https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4495888-Problem-Forumulations.html'][U]released report[/U][/URL] detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances states that [B]the agency will “no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.” [/B] 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 requires the agency to continually reevaluate hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals in lieu of removing them from the market or placing new restrictions on their use. The SNUR greenlights companies to use toxic chemicals like asbestos without consideration about how they will endanger people who are indirectly in contact with them. Asbestos was widely used in building insulation up until it was completely banned in most countries in the 1970s. The [B]U.S. severely restricted its use without completely outlawing it.[/B] As [I][URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90208948/under-trumps-epa-asbestos-might-be-making-a-comeback?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202018-08-03%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:16492%5D&utm_term=Construction%20Dive'][U]Fast Company[/U][/URL] [/I]covered, the [URL='http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org/'][U]Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)[/U][/URL] revealed in April that [B]asbestos-related deaths now total nearly 40,000 annually[/B], with lung cancer and [URL='https://www.maacenter.org/'][U]mesothelioma[/U][/URL] being the most common illnesses in association with the toxin. [/QUOTE]
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