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EPA moves to ban asbestos after decades of failures

Episode Summary

EPA on Tuesday proposed banning nearly all remaining uses of asbestos, a material known to cause lung cancer when inhaled and that still lingers in millions of U.S. homes and schools.

Episode Notes

EPA on Tuesday proposed banning nearly all remaining uses of asbestos, a material known to cause lung cancer when inhaled and that still lingers in millions of U.S. homes and schools.

 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

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