Asbestos - when did we see the light and put a stop to it

Asbestos - when did we see the light and put a stop to it

Many people find comfort in the fact asbestos is now banned. It was a great year, the cheer is happening, but the ban has so many holes in it that it can not speak much of a ban. The manufacturers of asbestos products does not make a lot of money on the products. No, they have absolutely huge amounts of money. As you can imagine, they were not particularly interested in giving up their cash cow. No, they fought like crazy to run out of products and the revenue coming in. While they may not be able to attack their products were to stop, they were able to delay ban on asbestos for nearly two decades. Asbestos was finally on 12 July 1989 prohibited. At least that is the accepted date. Unfortunately, it is a red herring of sorts.

The problem, manufacturers do not stop fighting. They called for the ban in court. In 1991, she finally convinced the partial repeal of a court of appeal, the ban and things have remained the same to this day. So, what is forbidden and what is not? Well, let's start with the easy part of the problem. All "new use" of asbestos prohibited. This means that the material is not in products or manners that are historically not been used yet. For example, it could not be used in an iPad. What about the previous use? Ah, that's a worrying issue. Basically, asbestos manufacturers continue to use all products on the market before 1989, with some exceptions.

You are floor felt, rolling board and corrugated, commercial, or specialty paper. That's it. Asbestos may still other building materials, clothing, and what also always used. In short, we are talking about a very weak prohibition in fact. So Asbestos is found in many products today contain? Some, but not very many. The problem is not the ban. Instead, it is simply very difficult to products containing asbestos for sale in them. Would you like to buy? Would not I! Where the asbestos ban 1989 has become quite powerless, the consumer response is has more influence. At least in the United States