EPA Proposes New Rules for Reporting Asbestos Use
The EPA has proposed new asbestos reporting requirements which would go hand-in-hand with a recently announced asbestos ban.
The EPA has proposed new asbestos reporting requirements which would go hand-in-hand with a recently announced asbestos ban.
The EPA has announced plans to ban the last form of asbestos allowed into the United States after decades of evidence and litigation over the side effects of asbestos exposure.
The FDA indicates it was unable to detect any asbestos in talc-based cosmetics in the latest round of what has become an annual sampling of products designed to prevent asbestos…
A settlement between states, environmental groups and the EPA calls for the agency to promulgate new rules which would collect better data on asbestos use in the United States and…
Group blasts EPA for not including talc in its assessment of asbestos exposure threats.
The EPA has concluded that chrysotile asbestos, used in gaskets and aftermarket automotive brakes and linings, represents an unreasonable risk to the health of consumers, workers and bystanders.
A federal judge has ordered the EPA to close asbestos-reporting loopholes which prevent the agency from accurately assessing the risks of asbestos exposure to U.S. consumers.
An upcoming study warns that women and the elderly are seeing increases in mesothelioma rates due to non-occupational exposures.
A draft evaluation by EPA experts indicates the risks of asbestos exposure are too great to justify keeping any asbestos products on the market.
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.