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December 7, 2024

Unions, Citizen Groups Ask Court To Strengthen TSCA Asbestos Rule

September 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Unions representing industrial workers and firefighters, as well as a broad coalition of environmentalists and public-health advocates, are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to conclude that EPA’s landmark TSCA rule for chrysotile asbestos is unlawfully weak, arguing that the agency unjustifiably declined to regulate or even evaluate risks from several uses of the mineral. The anti-asbestos coalition and the United Steelworkers (USW) filed separate opening briefs Sept. 30 in Texas Chemistry Council (TCC), et al.,...

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