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

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

Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump EPA reconsiders Biden’s asbestos ban The Trump administration ...

Asbestos can’t be removed from the lungs after exposure, and there are no treatments. After exposure, people are recommended ...

The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration's ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to determine whether it ...

"This is another attempt by industry, going back to when they blocked the first EPA asbestos ban in 1989, to allow for continued use of a deadly material responsible for some 40,000 U.S. deaths ...

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