Public-Health Figures Question Gaps In TSCA ‘Legacy’ Asbestos Evaluation

Public health advocates used EPA’s first public listening session on the draft TSCA evaluation of “legacy” asbestos uses and fiber types to warn the agency that its analysis does not adequately address key exposure scenarios such as contamination in schools, saying the final version must not “understate or disregard risks” from the mineral. During EPA’s May 13 webinar on its draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) evaluation of legacy asbestos, members of the public -- almost exclusively affiliated with the...