{"id":248265,"date":"2024-04-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/a-triumph-and-disgrace-the-very-slow-road-to-banning-asbestos\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:51:07","slug":"a-triumph-and-disgrace-the-very-slow-road-to-banning-asbestos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/a-triumph-and-disgrace-the-very-slow-road-to-banning-asbestos\/","title":{"rendered":"A Triumph and Disgrace: The Very Slow Road to Banning Asbestos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\/>\n<p>Like almost all things chemical in the United States, the recent announcement by the Biden administration that it is banning a major form of asbestos is both a triumph and a disgrace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The triumph is that after decades of Sisyphean advocacy by public health groups and scientists, chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen, is finally facing an assorted set of deadlines for import and use in this nation. 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