Chrysotile asbestos is found in products such as brake blocks, asbestos diaphragms and sheet gaskets and was banned under the ...

The Trump administration has dropped its proposal to alter or delay a ban on the last type of asbestos used in the U.S., ...

The Trump administration says it will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would ...

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said he is “very disappointed” that an Eleventh Night bonfire was lit ...

The about-face came after a public outcry over plans to reconsider Biden-era restrictions on the carcinogenic material.

Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban The EPA will now defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in products like brake ...

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened. Patients with scarred lungs worry about what's next.

As reported in our June 28, 2025, blog item, on June 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a motion ...