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Tommy Carcetti

(44,014 posts) Tue Jun 17, 2025, 09:40 AM Jun 17

Well, I'll be! Asbestos! It's back! [View all]

What the ever living fuck?

What's next? Lead in our gas and paint?

Link to tweet

Mónica Rhor 🇪🇨 @monicarhor

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
The Trump administration’s move sets back a decades-long effort to end the use of the material, which is widely banned in other countries.

9:34 AM · Jun 17, 2025 · 11 Views

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/epa-trump-asbestos-ban-delay.html

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Well, I'll be! Asbestos! It's back! [View all] Tommy Carcetti Jun 17 OP

My goodness kwolf68 Jun 17 #1

its in extremely limited use purple_haze Jun 17 #2

Because what's a few cases of mesothelioma? No one will have insurance to be diagosed with it anyway. Scrivener7 Jun 17 #17

Relative to what? Torchlight Jun 17 #37

Mesothelioma killed my BIL. sheshe2 Jun 17 #3

Sorry for your brother in law. It's an awful disease. Easterncedar Jun 17 #6

He worked on industrial ovens as a welder when he was young. sheshe2 Jun 17 #14

And my uncle, and it was a bad, drawn-out death obamanut2012 Jun 17 #9

So sorry for your uncle's passing. sheshe2 Jun 17 #15

Thank you obamanut2012 Jun 17 #22

So saddened to hear this, She. SheltieLover Jun 17 #29

My sister home cared for him, while still working. sheshe2 Jun 17 #61

Deepest condolences, She SheltieLover Jun 17 #66

Yikes Easterncedar Jun 17 #4

FUCKING INSANE spanone Jun 17 #5

Heck, leaded gasoline worked much better than the current stuff. jeffreyi Jun 17 #18

Ddt is already being reconsidered... getagrip_already Jun 17 #34

Make Americans Poisoned Again Clouds Passing Jun 17 #7

So what is the benefit to do this? kwolf68 Jun 17 #8

No doubt, an industry CEO thought.. Omnipresent Jun 17 #10

Trump will establish a market for trading asbestos futures contracts, make a killing when it's legal again. sop Jun 17 #11

It's the best heat insulator there is. Turbineguy Jun 17 #13

They really are trying to kill us! Liberal In Texas Jun 17 #12

Trump hates us so much he wants us to die. No shit. Walleye Jun 17 #16

The feeling is mutual. N/T tonekat Jun 17 #41

Oh yeah, truer words were never spoken Walleye Jun 17 #62

The GOP is intent on killing as many of us as possible. Irish_Dem Jun 17 #19

Next up, mining for asbestos in lands which will be transfered . . . John1956PA Jun 17 #24

I believe most asbestos countingbluecars Jun 17 #20

A country which doesn't have any tariffs on its exports to us. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 17 #32

Absolutely. Old Crow Jun 17 #40

A lot of it came from Canada. rsdsharp Jun 17 #64

It doesn't kill you right away. You get to suffer indefinitely. twodogsbarking Jun 17 #21

Soon we will return to doctors endorsing cigarette smoking Bristlecone Jun 17 #23

Yes, the freedom to die prematurely. peggysue2 Jun 17 #26

Only if they're being manufactured by Russia. Old Crow Jun 17 #42

Make Butte, Montana, great again! jmowreader Jun 17 #25

Libby MT is where they mined asbestos Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 17 #44

They didn't intentionally mine asbestos in Libby jmowreader Jun 17 #52

Double cool! Asbestos is the Bestest !! chouchou Jun 17 #27

What's next? Leaded gasoline? SheltieLover Jun 17 #28

At this point, why not? dchill Jun 17 #31

Dead Americans seems to be their goal, so why not? SheltieLover Jun 17 #45

It certainly fits that narrative. dchill Jun 17 #63

Sadly, it does. SheltieLover Jun 17 #65

There really aren't words. dchill Jun 17 #30

Absolute madness. iluvtennis Jun 17 #33

Christ almighty. orangecrush Jun 17 #35

Hey, why not a touch of mesothelioma to go with our lead poisoning, measles, Ocelot II Jun 17 #36

The US gets asbestos from Russia kkmarie Jun 17 #38

Thanks for reminding me -- Link below for photo of Trump's face printed on bags of Russian asbestos Old Crow Jun 17 #48

We are nothing more than commodities to these psychos. hadEnuf Jun 17 #39

He needs to be removed from office ASAP. 1WorldHope Jun 17 #43

What's next? Reading the "lord's prayer" every morning in public classrooms. erronis Jun 17 #46

Not in Spanish. Scary, ain't it? twodogsbarking Jun 17 #49

J&J is probably panting to put it back in baby powder Wicked Blue Jun 17 #47

Those evil motherfuckers should all get mesothelioma -- Tarzanrock Jun 17 #50

My father died from asbestos cancer lapfog_1 Jun 17 #51

So sorry. Fuckers they are. twodogsbarking Jun 17 #54

It's all about the money. Buddyzbuddy Jun 17 #53

Trump's pants are made of asbestos. What other logical conclusion is there? twodogsbarking Jun 17 #55

Make lung cancer great again. Vinca Jun 17 #56

Is Secretary of Health RFK Jr cool with that? tanyev Jun 17 #57

Asbestos is in our water supply, through the cast iron pipes. gab13by13 Jun 17 #58

MATA usedtobedemgurl Jun 17 #59

My father died from cancer caused by asbestos Tree Lady Jun 17 #60

I am so sorry, I lost my Dad to cancer as well, probably because he started smoking at 14 Rhiannon12866 Jun 18 #67

Thanks he was my person Tree Lady Jun 18 #68