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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

Cancer-causing asbestos has been regulated for decades and removed from buildings. Trump could allow one form to return

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the U.S. - a mineral that has been tied to cancer and heavily regulated for decades.

Now, the Trump administration is looking at reconsidering a Biden-era rule that eliminated the last kind of asbestos allowed in the U.S.

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