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Chrysotile asbestos was banned under the Toxic Substances Control Act, broadened in 2016. The AP reported "the Biden ...
The city plans to use the $350,000 grant to address lead-based paint, asbestos and radon within some of the city’s licensed in-home day care centers.
The guidelines allow EPA to exclude legacy sources of exposure from consideration—for example, asbestos installed into the frames of schools and older buildings using outdated production methods.
The EPA banned asbestos in 1989, but the rule was largely overturned by a 1991 court decision that weakened the EPA’s authority under the TSCA to address risks to human health from asbestos or ...
According to newly released court filings, the EPA is 'reconsidering' a 2024 ban on the last legal form of asbestos still used in the U.S.
Trump’s EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules,” was the Reuters headline this week as Lee Zeldin, chosen by Donald Trump ...
The EPA announced Monday, March 18, a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every year.
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is slated to visit Indianapolis Tuesday. In a post on X, Lee Zeldin indicated that he and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ...
The Asbestos Part 1 risk evaluation, finalized in December 2020, was EPA’s first completed evaluation under amended TSCA.
The EPA banned asbestos in 1989, but the rule was largely overturned by a 1991 court decision that weakened EPA's authority under TSCA to address risks to human health from asbestos or other ...
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach ...