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The Biden administration has issued a final ban on chrysotile asbestos after 30 years of failed attempts to cease using all forms of the deadly cancer-causing mineral.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the ban as part of the new Toxic Substance Control Act which received a near unanimous vote from the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.