Sarah Wolf comments on worrying reports re asbestos use in the USA

The Fieldfisher mesothelioma team is closely monitoring the furore that has broken out in the US following reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an independent agency of the US government, has paved the way for the use of new products containing asbestos. According to the Architect's Newspaper, a monthly online and print publication in the US, a recent report from the EPA enacted a 'SNUR' (a Significant New Use Rule) allowing the manufacture of new asbestos-containing products to be petitioned and approved by the federal government on a case-by-case basis. There is concern that President Trump has previously described asbestos bans as a conspiracy, led by self-interested companies performing asbestos removal. The USA is one of the only developed nations that has still not banned asbestos outright in what some describe as an ongoing conflict between corporate and public interest. Asbestos has been widely banned in most developed countries,…

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