☣️ U.S. Trails Other Developing Nations on Asbestos, Chemical Safety

"Even with this move, the U.S. remains many steps behind other developed nations when it comes to asbestos + chemical safety across the board — thanks to decades of industrial + political suppression of science, the enduring might of industrial lobbyists + our ever-divided gov't." — Environmental Health News

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After heavy lobbying by the chemical industry, which still uses asbestos diaphragms to produce a third of the nation’s chlorine, it could take up to 12 years before the last chlorine company converts to non-asbestos technology.

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