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ProfessorGAC

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1. Who Does This Benefit?

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Thu Nov 27, 2025, 07:58 AM

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The cost of the test is sunk.
The capital spent to refine the asbestos out of talc is sunk.
The incremental cost of further refinement is negligible.
So, this has to be merely "low regulation" symbolism.

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