In a move the EPA deemed ‘historic,’ the agency has banned chrysotile asbestos, the only form of the cancer-causing mineral that the U.S. still imports and uses

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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      9 months ago

      Nah, his rule there didn’t really do much. Asbestos was already 98% banned long before he took office and his stupidity didn’t move the needle on it’s use.

      In reality the type of asbestos in the article still has an exemption in Canada and other countries because of its specialty uses like creating the Chlorine used for water treatment. Yes we needed to be done with the stuff but Trump really had nothing to do with why we were still using one specific type of it for a short list of specific needs.