A recently withdrawn FDA rule means cosmetic companies are no longer required to test talc-based products for asbestos, ...

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

The proposed rule focuses on cosmetic products manufacturers. Pushback arose over concerns such as false positives and ...

The FDA delayed a plan to test cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen. Get the latest scientific consensus on asbestos ...

In a word, no. That’s because the FDA never mandated this kind of testing to begin with. “Currently, there is no mandatory federal requirement for asbestos testing in talc-based cosmetics,” Dobos ...

Consumer advocates and cancer survivors decry the move, but the agency writes that it has ‘good cause’ to withdraw the ...

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

ESCANABA, MI — Regulators are cracking down on an Upper Peninsula municipal landfill after inspectors repeatedly found asbestos waste exposed and disturbed without required safety measures.

Asbestos is a nasty old mineral. It’s known for releasing fine, microscopic fibers that can lodge in the body’s tissues and cause deadly disease over a period of decades. Originally ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration canceled a proposed rule that would have required talc-based consumer products to be tested for asbestos.

While the International Agency for Research on Cancer labels talc that may contain asbestos as “probably carcinogenic,” the ...

The EPA approved ten pesticide products containing the active ingredient isocycloseram, a type of PFAS, for use in agriculture, turf and indoor pest control, as well as cyclobutrifluram. These ...