In a historic move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, the deadly carcinogen still used in some parts of the U.S. chemical industry. The ban will apply ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 3 issued Part 2 of a final risk determination providing an overview of the hazards of asbestos “to workers in certain conditions.” The agency will soon ...

For Linda Reinstein, asbestos is personal. Her husband, Alan Reinstein, died of mesothelioma, a cancer often caused by exposure to the mineral commonly used in insulations, fire retarders and other ...

This led to an extensive review of the literature, which revealed that other types of amphibole asbestos also cause ...

The United States joins more than 50 other countries that have banned the deadly carcinogen, although the phaseout will take more than a decade. By Coral Davenport The Biden administration on Monday ...

(CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it is taking a “historic” step by banning ongoing uses of asbestos, which has long been linked to multiple types of cancer. The agency’s ...

(NewsNation) — The Environmental Protection Agency, earlier this week, told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration’s ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United ...

Researchers have shown that extremophilic bacteria from high temperature marine environments can be used to reduce asbestos' toxicity. Asbestos materials were once widely used in homes, buildings, ...