This WFAE community conversation takes a look at what s happening with asbestos removal in Davidson, North Carolina and the possibility for redevelopment at the old Linden Mill.
WFAE s series, Asbestos Town, investigates the history of asbestos in Davidson, the attempts to renovate the mill and how contamination in the historically Black neighborhood nearby has stirred up old tensions.
Watch this community conversation about what s happening with asbestos removal and the possibility for redevelopment at the old Linden Mill.
Panelists:
Mark Miller, developer
Linda Reinstein, president of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Rosalia Polanco, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student and 2018 Davidson College graduate who has researched the environmental justice aspects of Davidson s asbestos issue
Community Conversation:
Join us 7 p.m. tonight for a discussion about what s happening with the town s asbestos removal and the possibility for redevelopment at the old Linden Mill.
The event is free, but
In this hourlong special, we ll hear stories about asbestos at an old, brick textile mill in Davidson, North Carolina, and how redevelopment might solve the problem. We ll learn how asbestos got into both the historically Black neighborhood nearby and elsewhere in town and how it s being cleaned up. And we ll talk to residents worried about how fixing one problem might contribute to another gentrification.
Rather read than listen to the audio? Read the transcript.
Public advocacy groups say the Trump administration failed to adequately assess the environmental and public health risks posed by asbestos in a required chemical risk evaluation.
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) On the heels of recent court victories over how toxic chemicals must be evaluated, advocacy groups asked the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to invalidate a recent Trump administration risk assessment for asbestos that critics say is legally flawed.
Joined by a coalition of public health and environmental advocates, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is asking the San Francisco-based appeals court to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final risk evaluation for asbestos.
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In a Major Victory for Public Health, Federal Court Orders EPA to Require Industry to Report on Asbestos Imports and Uses
December 22, 2020 GMT
WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 22, 2020
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure, applauds District Court Judge Edward J. Chen’s decisive ruling today compelling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require reporting by companies importing and using asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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Judge Chen’s extensive opinion sides with ADAO in its legal challenge to EPA’s 2018 denial of its petition to include asbestos in EPA’s Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule.