EPA: Even Tiny Amounts of Asbestos Risky
A long-awaited risk study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to guide the asbestos cleanup of Libby, Mont. is now expected in 2014. The news comes after a science board backed EPA draft reports of the study that stated even “miniscule” amounts of asbestos cause lung problems, according to a story in the Insurance Journal . The EPA found that exceeding “extremely low levels” of airborne asbestos — 0.