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Lawmakers revive bipartisan bill to ban asbestos
Washington,
September 17, 2025
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Health Care
Lawmakers revive bipartisan bill to ban asbestosWhile EPA’s approach to asbestos remains in flux, advocates are hoping this will be the year to get a congressional ban on the cancer-causing substances across the finish line. Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska joined Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Sen. Jeff Merkley, both Oregon Democrats, in reupping the “Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act” to end all commercial and industrial uses of asbestos. |