Debate Over Asbestos Ban

Debate Over Asbestos Ban
Debate Over Asbestos Ban

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

A ages afterwards the Senate anesthetized the aboriginal legislation to ban disease-causing asbestos, accessible bloom admiral and government regulators are speaking out adjoin a bill they already supported.

The bill originally imposed a absolute ban on asbestos, which was what bloom experts supported; however, the bill that was in fact anesthetized still permits the use of some asbestos products.

Many Voice Concern Over Exceptions in Bill

According to those who are debating the bendability of the bill, amid the audition in June and the Senate’s vote endure month, the legislation was somehow watered down to allay able lobbyist.

As a result, abounding asbestos-containing articles now aren’t covered by the ban.

In acknowledgment to the abuse over the bill, Sen. Patty Murray says that the ban is a “major footfall forward.”

“If I were just Patty Murray and I didn’t accept to anguish about accepting added votes or a Republican admiral or that I accept a one-vote majority in the United States, I’d accept a 100 percent ban,” Murray went on to explain.

The EPA Gets Involved

The EPA aswell agrees that the ban doesn’t go far abundant in the action adjoin asbestos.

“To assure accessible bloom and the ambiance from asbestos hazards, the ban should ambition any articles in which asbestos is carefully added or advisedly present as a contaminant,” said a letter able by the EPA for the House Committee.

(Source: Seattle Post)

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Debate Over Asbestos Ban