Trump has disdain for the EPA, and one reason why Scott Pruitt was chosen was because of his disdain for asbestos regulation. > During Pruitt’s confirmation he

Trump has disdain for the EPA, and one reason why Scott Pruitt was chosen was because of his disdain for asbestos regulation. > During Pruitt’s confirmation hearings, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey asked Pruitt whether he would allow the EPA to ban asbestos. Pruitt responded evasively, saying he would seek the “input of a wide range of stakeholders to ensure sound and inclusive rulemaking and not to produce or dismiss comments from one particular entity. https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/articles/deregulating-safety-case-effort-ban-asbestos/ https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/articles/deregulating-safe... As for the larger picture of why republicans are going this way, this book explains the trends: "The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump" https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/articles/deregulating-safety-case-effort-ban-asbestos/ https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/articles/deregulating-safe...