U.S. House of Representatives working on law to ban asbestos

"Forty countries around the globe—indeed all of the European Union—have banned the use of asbestos, yet not the U.S. In 1989, when the EPA instituted a prohibition, the powerful Canadian asbestos industry took the matter to court and the ban was overturned for technical reasons. The U.S. House of Representatives is now poised " (2008-9-22)
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