Environmental Protection Agency bans chrysotile asbestos, the only form of the cancer-causing mineral that the U.S. still imports and uses in new products.

In a move the EPA deemed ‘historic,’ the agency has banned chrysotile asbestos, the only form of the cancer-causing mineral that the U.S. still imports and uses

  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    I use it in glass manufacturing with temperatures 2000°F+ so I’m quite confident it’ll hold up to any application where asbestos is being used.

    Oh yeah? How is it for making Chlorine…because that’s one of the big uses for chrysotile asbestos (the kind that was just banned.)