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 ...

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

The Environmental Protection Agency, earlier this week, told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden ...

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

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

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

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

Last year, the Biden administration banned chrysotile asbestos, which the EPA called a milestone in the fight against cancer.

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 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has banned asbestos, but the substance lingers in buildings across Cincinnati. Here's what you should know.

On March 18, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a ban on the last form of ban on asbestos used in the United States. This carcinogen kills upwards of 40,000 Americans annually ...