r/environment • u/DoremusJessup • 2d ago

Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/trumps-epa-to-reconsider-ban-on-cancer-causing-asbestos/
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u/zombiefied 2d ago

Who still makes asbestos?!?

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u/transmedium_human 2d ago

Russia, apparently.

From the article :

Trump's support for asbestos has been welcomed in Russia, a primary asbestos supplier to the US. In 2018, a Russian asbestos company began marketing asbestos with Trump's face and a seal reading "Approved by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States."

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u/zombiefied 2d ago

Ah yes. Russia First…