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.

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

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

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 ...

Biden, adopted a ban on the use, manufacture and import of chrysotile asbestos. It was the first legal constraint on a deadly ...

The first meeting of the US vaccine advisory committee since all previous members were fired is attracting controversy before it has even begun. On 24 June, two days before the Centers for Disease ...

Members of the Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency have reportedly told a federal appeals court that they will revisit ...

The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider a Biden administration ban on the last type of asbestos used in the ...

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 ...