ASBESTOS UPDATE: Taiwan to Ban Asbestos Use Within 10 Years
COMPANIES:
Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration, on July 26,
2010, declared its plan to phase out the use of asbestos within
the next 10 years, Focus Taiwan reports.
Lin Chien-hui, director of the EPA’s Department of Environmental
Sanitation and Toxic Substance Management, said…
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