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Article: Court overturns EPA's asbestos ban. (Environmental Protection Agency)
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- Science News
- Article date:
- November 16, 1991
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A U.S. District Court of Appeals in New Orleans late last month struck down EPA's phaseout of most asbestos products, begun two years ago. In its response, EPA noted that "the Court does not dispute the fact that asbestos is hazardous" -- only that EPA "failed to fully meet certain procedural and analytical requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act." EPA has not decided whether to appeal, says EPA's Al Heier.
Under the act, federal rules to reduce health risks from public exposures to toxic substances must represent the "least burdensome" regulations possible. Thus, the judges concluded, "it was not enough for the EPA to show, as it did in this case, ...
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