Preventing the Latest Texas Two-Step by Koch Industries on Cancer Liability

Koch Industries was the first conglomerate to use the bankruptcy maneuver—known as "the Texas two-step"—in 2017. It involves a "divisive merger," allowed under Texas law, in which a company splits in two in order to transfer all of its liability claims to a subsidiary that then declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy while the parent company retains all corporate assets and profits…

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/asbestos-liability-koch-industry

Critics say new EPA rule could reintroduce asbestos use - The Hill

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday a new rule they say will limit the use of asbestos in the U.S., but critics, including some of the agency's own staff, describe it as a half measure...
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/439395-critics-say-new-epa-rule-could-reintroduce-asbestos-use

Trump’s Plan to Make America Great Again Involves Giving His Constituents Cancer - Vanity Fair

The president is pushing for asbestos, a known carcinogen, to make a comeback—and you'll never guess which country is its primary exporter. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/donald-trump-asbestos

The wonderful world of asbestos - Daily Kos: Cartoon:

Scott Pruitt's gone, so now the acting EPA administrator can get to work poisoning Americans. After asbestos, my bet's on them putting lead back into gasoline. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1787224

Toxic Trump's Environmental Protection Agency moves to allow asbestos back into manufacturing - Daily Kos

If you want to put cancer-causing asbestos back into some manufacturing, Donald Trump is your man. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1786500

‘Approved by Donald Trump’: Asbestos sold by Russian company is branded with the president’s face - The Washington Post

A Russian asbestos company that operates a giant mine in the Ural Mountains is marketing its wares with Donald Trump's image. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/11/approved-by-donald-trump-asbestos-sold-by-russian-company-is-branded-with-the-presidents-face/