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Mashup Score: 8Toxic asbestos is now fully banned, a move that EPA calls ‘historic’ - 2 month(s) ago
Environmental Protection Agency bans chrysotile asbestos, the only form of the cancer-causing mineral that the U.S. still imports and uses in new products.
Source: apple.newsCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
As a doctor that takes care of patients with #mesothelioma , I am happy but frustrated that it has taken this long for the US to fully ban #asbestos- a known carcinogen that impacts cancer mortality. Thanks to the advocates who have led this fight. https://t.co/kiXCFKmfeI