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EPA Alumni Association
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time...
February 24, 2026

Walter Mugdan, former Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 2, explains how three substances, asbestos, lead, and coal tar, used extensively in the past and into the present, were found to be useful in a myriad of products, but also proved deadly.
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