This action gives EPA the authority to prohibit the use of these products or put in place restrictions to protect public health. In April 2019, EPA issued a final rule that strengthens the Agency’s ability to rigorously review an expansive list of asbestos products that are no longer on the market before they could be sold again in the United States. Learn more about the final risk evaluation for asbestos, part 1: chrysotile asbestos. Legacy uses and associated disposals of asbestos are conditions of use for which manufacture (including import), processing and distribution in commerce no longer occur, but where use and disposal are still known, intended, or reasonably foreseen to occur (e.g., asbestos in older buildings).
EPA, the Agency will also evaluate legacy asbestos uses and associated disposals of asbestos in a supplemental effort that will be the focus of part 2 of the risk evaluation for asbestos. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Safer Chemicals Healthy Families v. EPA is moving immediately to risk management for the 16 chrysotile asbestos conditions of use where EPA found unreasonable risk and will work as quickly as possible to propose and finalize actions to protect against the unreasonable risks for chrysotile asbestos.Īs a result of the November 2019 decision of the U.S.
EPA found no unreasonable risks to the environment.
The final risk evaluation for part 1 shows that there are unreasonable risks to workers, occupational non-users, consumers, and bystanders. In December 2020, EPA issued a final TSCA risk evaluation for asbestos, part 1: chrysotile asbestos. EPA’s risk evaluation of asbestos, part 1: chrysotile asbestos includes the limited ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos in the U.S: Understanding the health risks of asbestos and importance of protecting the public from these risks, asbestos was one of the first ten chemicals selected by EPA to undergo risk evaluation under TSCA. Learn more about EPA actions to protect the public from exposure to asbestos: The April 2019 rule does not provide a way for these uses to return to the marketplace. EPA also banned new uses of asbestos which prevent new asbestos products from entering the marketplace after August 25, 1989. 1989 Partial Ban on the manufacture, import, processing, and distribution of some asbestos-containing products.The uses covered under this rule were not already prohibited under TSCA and could have returned to the market at any time. April 2019 Restrictions on Discontinued Uses of Asbestos Rule to ensure that asbestos products that are no longer on the market cannot return to commerce without the Agency evaluating them and putting in place any necessary restrictions or prohibiting use.EPA is moving immediately to risk management for the ongoing chrysotile asbestos use where unreasonable risk was found and will work as quickly as possible to propose and finalize actions to protect against the unreasonable risks. December 2020 Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos found unreasonable risks to human health for ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos and no unreasonable risk to the environment from any condition of use.Actions to protect the public from exposure to asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) include the following three pieces. One of EPA’s priorities is to protect the public from adverse health effects of asbestos.