The EPA under President Trump says it will review a Biden-era ban on chrysotile asbestos, the last form still legally used in ...

Exposure to asbestos is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the Biden administration's EPA.

Former President Joe Biden's administration banned "ongoing uses" of the last form of asbestos permitted in the United States ...

With the ban, the US joined over 50 other countries around the world that had banned its use due to health risks. Generally, ...

Cancer-causing asbestos has been regulated for decades and removed from buildings. Trump could allow one form to return - ...

According to newly released court filings, the EPA is 'reconsidering' a 2024 ban on the last legal form of asbestos still ...

Asbestos is linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually and causes mesothelioma as well as other cancers and has been ...

The Trump administration’s move sets back a decades-long effort to end the use of the material, which is widely banned in ...

White asbestos is still used in some roofing materials, textiles, cement and is found in brake pads and other automotive parts. It is also sometimes used to make chlorine. Its usage continues despite ...