Asbestos Group Cites OSHA In Seeking Strict TSCA Risk Evaluation

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Group (ADAO) is urging EPA to perform a strict assessment of asbestos’ human health risk, citing in part findings by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and others that there is no safe level of exposure to the toxic mineral as some fear EPA will soften its analysis. “The ongoing EPA risk evaluation on asbestos provides an important opportunity for EPA to underscore the serious risks posed by the continuing use of asbestos,” a group...