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ASBESTOS: House debate stirs up questions about ban's feasibility

Environment and Energy Daily, Katherine Boyle
Published April 7, 2008

The following is an excerpt. The full article is available from Environment and Energy Daily. A battle in the House Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee over legislation that would place an outright ban on asbestos in certain products is sparking questions about whether such a restriction is feasible. Subcommittee Chairman Albert Wynn (D-Md.), who is leaving office in June, is pushing to keep a Senate exception that would allow up to 1 percent asbestos by weight in certain products out of House legislation. His committee is developing a bill that would ban asbestos in those products entirely. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) told E&E Daily she had to include the 1 percent exception in order to convince the Senate to pass S. 742 in October. That bill would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, directing EPA to issue a ban on asbestos-containing materials. ... The European Union banned asbestos in 2005. More than 43,000 U.S. citizens have died of asbestos-related diseases since 1979, according to an Environmental Working Group study.
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