The FDA recently announced that it is withdrawing its rule to test for contaminated talc. But what's that really mean?

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Hannah runs Coalfield Development, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Huntington, focused on rebuilding Southwest ...

In a word, no. That’s because the FDA never mandated this kind of testing to begin with. “Currently, there is no mandatory ...

The N.W.T. government and federal government have been negotiating how to remediate the six abandoned mines around ...

By AIDAN KNIGHT VICKI Hamilton OAM, current chief executive/secretary of Gippsland Asbestos Related Disease Support (GARDS), ...

On November 28, 2025, while most cosmetic companies were promoting their “Black Friday” deals for this year, the FDA quietly issued a Federal ...

Fifty years ago, concerns about mining pollution in Lake Superior prompted officials to consider other water sources.