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Article: EPA proposes new rulings in a continuing effort to eliminate any public exposure to asbestos.
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- PR Newswire
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- January 23, 1986
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban the manufacture, importing and processing of asbestos in certain consumer products and to phase out its use in other products; any product that is not banned would be labeled as containing asbestos.
"Today's action is a major new step toward eliminating any public exposure to asbestos," said EPA Administrator Lee Thomas. "It is another in a long series of actions by EPA to reduce the risks from this well-documented cause of cancer in our society."
The human health risks of asbestos are serious and well-documented. Asbestos is a known human carcinogen ...