EPA Determines All Six Current Uses of Asbestos Pose Health Risk

这EPA split up analyses of current uses of asbestos from past uses. The risk evaluation from December 2020 only analyzed chrysotile asbestos. The EPA determined chrysotile asbestos is the only form of the carcinogen still imported to the United States. Asbestos is no longer mined in the U.S., which kept the other five forms of asbestos from this analysis.

这EPA determined all six current uses of chrysotile asbestos cause “unreasonable risks to human health.”

为什么石棉危险？

这risks associated with asbestos exposure几十年来闻名。石棉是一种已知的癌症导致矿物质，被禁止在许多国家。

石棉暴露会导致万博专业版那肺癌and缺乏症以及其他健康状况。

Who Is at Risk From Current Asbestos Uses?

EPA的目前的石棉使用分析发现所有六种目前的使用原因风险：

• 工作人员
• Occupational non-users
• Consumers
• 旁观者

在工作时的风险

根据调查结果,是最大的风险workers not using respiratory protection. The EPA still found risk when workers used basic respiratory protection. The analysis shows the risk persisted even with the use of advanced respiratory protection.

EPA分析的六个类别的石棉用途是什么？

EPA分析了美国石棉的六次目前用途。具体而言，该机构研究：

• 氯碱膜片
• 垫片垫圈
• 其他垫圈
• 油田制动器块
• 售后市场汽车制动器/衬里
• Other vehicle friction products

氯碱膜片are the only current use that incorporates raw chrysotile asbestos. The other five current uses are石棉产品进入美国。产品用美国外部的原料石棉制造。

Next Steps Following the EPA’s Determination

释放此后石棉的最终风险评估，第1部分：Chrysotile石棉那the EPA must present a plan to mitigate the risk.

降低菊花石棉造成的人类健康风险可能包括：

1. 调节Chrysotile石棉使用
2. Banning chrysotile asbestos

随着EPA解决这些不合理的风险，它将对风险管理行动进行公开评论。EPA有一年提出计划并采取公众意见

Analysis of Past Uses of Asbestos

这EPA still needs to evaluate risk from past uses of asbestos. Past uses of asbestos include uses now禁止在美国，包括某些建筑材料和其他类型的石棉。许多这些遗留用途今天仍在传播。消费者可能会遇到它们的这些用途家庭那schoolsand other buildings.

这EPA plans to release a scoping document by mid-2021. The document will detail the past uses to be analyzed.