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Probably for the same reasons they recently (re-)allowed the pesticide (thought to be) responsible for honeybee colony collapse.

Why not?

Also, it opens up the possibility for importing: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump_fac...

Because the guiding principle of this administration is to undo everything that is either directly or at least philosophically tied to the last one. Perhaps the most destructive case of butthurt ever.

I disagree that it's just spite. It seems to me to be a pro-business agenda. It's literally the definition of crony capitalism.

Russia is the biggest exporter of asbestos.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/11/a...

I thought this was a joke and also fact-checked before you added your own citation. It's true.

https://www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/worldwide/

And here we are still wondering what Trump's secret meeting with Putin was about. I'm not suggesting it was about asbestos, but the timing is certainly suspicious.

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