Each year, asbestos is linked to more than 40,000 cancer deaths nationwide, the agency said, and its use is already banned in more than 50 countries around the world. The EPA said it has set ...

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.

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of exposure from consideration—for example, asbestos installed into the frames of schools and older buildings using outdated production methods.

Chrysotile asbestos is found in products such as brake blocks, asbestos diaphragms and sheet gaskets and was banned under the Toxic Substances Control Act, which was broadened in 2016. The Biden ...

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 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 ...

EPA’s announcement marks the latest turn in a long-running saga. Asbestos is among the most well-known carcinogens in the world, but efforts to ban the naturally occurring mineral have met with ...

More than 30 years after the Environmental Protection Agency first tried to ban asbestos — and failed under court challenge — the agency is trying again. Industry is still fighting it.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed to ban chrysotile asbestos, the most common form of the toxic mineral still used in the United States. Also known as “white asbestos ...

The EPA has banned some uses for asbestos, like spray-on insulation, but a ban on most products that contain asbestos proposed in 1989 was later overturned by a federal appeals court.