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The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry (www.npr.org)

submitted 8 months ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Me, realizing the US had not yet banned asbestos: 😕

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was 98% banned. In fact this specific type, chrysotile asbestos, still has an exemption in Canada because of it's specialty uses like creating chemicals for water treatment plants.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

Have you got a source for that? The article is pretty clearly stating that previous attempts to ban it were unsuccessful. And this suggests there is no ban even though they allow small exceptions for the countries listed as having a ban.