EPA ASBESTOS PROJECT COULD BE FIRST STEP TO CHANGES IN AIR TOXICS RULE

EPA is moving forward with a research project that could be a first step toward revising an air toxics standard on the demolition of buildings that contain asbestos, a known carcinogen, despite earlier concerns from peer reviewers that the study raised an ethical quandary about testing of human subjects. The study comes as a pending lawsuit challenges the city of St. Louis's use of a similar demolition method, which plaintiffs contend poses a threat to human health even as it...