<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>jdietrich</author><text>The EPA already allows asbestos to be used in a huge range of products. I simply cannot see what justification could be made for allowing asbestos to continue to be used in cement sheet, floor tile and brake pads. It might pose no immediate hazard when installed, but it could become a serious hazard at any point during its lifespan. Cement sheets crack and crumble, floor tiles become worn and get replaced, brake pads are designed to wear down. When you install any asbestos-containing material, you&amp;#x27;re setting a deadly man-trap.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.epa.gov&amp;#x2F;asbestos&amp;#x2F;us-federal-bans-asbestos&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.epa.gov&amp;#x2F;asbestos&amp;#x2F;us-federal-bans-asbestos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the EU, there&amp;#x27;s a blanket ban on manufacturing or selling asbestos-containing products under the REACH regulations, with an exception only for replacement membranes in existing electrolysis equipment. Member states can add specific exemptions where there is a valid justification; in the UK, those exemptions apply only to used acetylene gas cylinders, heritage vehicles and museum artefacts.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;echa.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;10162&amp;#x2F;574c30dd-398d-b3ff-cc67-e7e843c2b243&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;echa.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;10162&amp;#x2F;574c30dd-398d-b3ff-cc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hse.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;asbestos&amp;#x2F;exemption.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hse.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;asbestos&amp;#x2F;exemption.htm&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>base698</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.snopes.com&amp;#x2F;fact-check&amp;#x2F;is-epa-allowing-asbestos-products&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.snopes.com&amp;#x2F;fact-check&amp;#x2F;is-epa-allowing-asbestos-p...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The EPA has not changed anything about currently banned uses of asbestos, and any new uses would first be assessed by the agency.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing</title><url>https://archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-asbestos-manufacturing/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>_fizz_buzz_</author><text>You make it sound like the Snopes article contradicts the OP articled. They both say the same thing: &amp;quot;On June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) which allows new products containing asbestos to be created on a case-by-case basis.&amp;quot; (2nd sentence of the OP article). Also, Snopes rates the claim as &amp;quot;mostly true&amp;quot;.</text><parent_chain><item><author>base698</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.snopes.com&amp;#x2F;fact-check&amp;#x2F;is-epa-allowing-asbestos-products&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.snopes.com&amp;#x2F;fact-check&amp;#x2F;is-epa-allowing-asbestos-p...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The EPA has not changed anything about currently banned uses of asbestos, and any new uses would first be assessed by the agency.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing</title><url>https://archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-asbestos-manufacturing/</url></story>