The EPA will fail to meet a June 22 deadline for final risk evaluations for 10 chemicals of concern, including asbestos, the agency’s administrator told Congress this week.…
Asbestos lung cancer and mesothelioma lawsuit filings increased in 2019, according to a recent report.…
A draft evaluation by EPA experts indicates the risks of asbestos exposure are too great to justify keeping any asbestos products on the market.…
Philadelphia teachers want a court to force the Philadelphia School District to adopt best practices in testing and removing asbestos from school buildings, and to let them be a part of the planning and the process.…
Former public health officials are blasting the EPA for failing to ban asbestos, saying the agency continues to place American lives at risk for little to no benefit.…
New internal memos show that the EPA disregarded complaints by its own experts when forging ahead with a new asbestos rule which allows manufacturers to seek approval for both new and old uses.…
A new report warns that the EPA has failed to adequately monitor schools for asbestos.…
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a welder says that he died due to lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure.…
Imerys Talc has agreed to settle in a talcum powder mesothelioma trial in California just before the case was sent to the jury for deliberations, leaving Johnson & Johnson as the sole defendant for whatever verdict the jury reaches.…
Sea King helicopters, in service in the U.S. and other navies for decades, may have put those around them at risk of asbestos exposure, the U.K. military warns.…
