The last remnants of asbestos use in the United States have now been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency.
While the known carcinogen has already been largely banned, the EPA announced Monday that it would ban the last remaining form of
“It's been more than 50 years since EPA first sought to ban some uses of asbestos and we're closer than ever to finishing the job,” Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, said in the EPA announcement. “For too long, polluters have been allowed to make, use and release toxics like asbestos and PFAS without regard for our health.”
"With today's ban, EPA is finally slamming the door on a chemical so dangerous that it has been banned in over 50 countries,'' Regan told the. "This historic ban is more than 30 years in the making, and it's thanks to amendments that Congress made in 2016 to fix the Toxic Substances Control Act."“The science is clear: Asbestos is a known carcinogen that has severe impacts on public health.
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