EPA Finds Risk From Legacy Asbestos Uses In ‘Part 2’ TSCA Evaluation

EPA has unveiled its long-awaited final TSCA evaluation of “legacy” asbestos uses, finding ongoing risk to workers and the general population from several asbestos fiber types and applications that were excluded from its Trump-era “Part 1” review -- and triggering a mandate for the incoming Trump administration to regulate those dangers. The agency released the final evaluation Nov. 27 , ahead of a Dec. 1 deadline set out in a court settlement between EPA and Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)...