E.P.A. Emails Reveal Clash Over Asbestos.

The article reports on internal agency emails at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which show that in-house scientists and lawyers have objected a proposed measure to review applications for using asbestos in consumer products. Topics discussed include efforts by the administration U.S. President Donald Trump to roll back environmental rules, the potential health impacts of the new approach, and calls from consumer groups for EPA to prohibit asbestos entirely.