After three decades of attempts, the Environmental Protection Agency has banned the only form of asbestos still in use — part of a family of toxic minerals linked to lung cancer and other illnesses that cause about 40,000 U.S. deaths each year, the agency says.
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U.S. fully bans asbestos, which kills 40,000 a year
The agency is prohibiting imports of chrysotile asbestos, the only form of the cancer-causing mineral that U.S. industry still uses
March 18, 2024 at 11:31 a.m. EDT