Each year, asbestos is linked to more than 40,000 cancer deaths nationwide, the agency said, and its use is already banned in more than 50 countries around the world. The EPA said it has set ...

After three decades of attempts, the Environmental Protection Agency has banned the only form of asbestos still in use — part of a family of toxic minerals linked to lung cancer and other ...

The EPA banned asbestos in 1989, but the rule was largely overturned by a 1991 court decision that weakened EPA's authority under TSCA to address risks to human health from asbestos or other ...

The guidelines allow EPA to exclude legacy sources of exposure from consideration—for example, asbestos installed into the frames of schools and older buildings using outdated production methods.

Dozens of EPA workers, public officials and supporters protested the agency’s cancellation of its union contracts at Federal ...

EPA’s announcement marks the latest turn in a long-running saga. Asbestos is among the most well-known carcinogens in the world, but efforts to ban the naturally occurring mineral have met with ...

Move will offer more aid to town; cleanup been going on for 10 years The declaration is the first issued by the agency, which has grappled with the "toxic legacy" of a mine outside Libby, Montana, ...

According to the EPA release, some companies moving multiple facilities to non-asbestos technology get up to 12 years to convert a total of 3 facilities. “Companies are very good at finding ...

The EPA has banned some uses for asbestos, like spray-on insulation, but a ban on most products that contain asbestos proposed in 1989 was later overturned by a federal appeals court.

The EPA banned asbestos in 1989, but the rule was largely overturned by a 1991 court decision that weakened EPA's authority under TSCA to address risks to human health from asbestos or other ...