Asbestos Exposure & Bans
EPA Ignored Advice from Staff Experts When Issuing New Asbestos Rule
- by Matt Mauney
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- May 8, 2019
More than a dozen senior officials and experts at the Environmental Protection Agency urged the EPA to ban asbestos outright, a new report shows. Two…
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EPA’s Latest Asbestos Regulation Falls Short of Full Ban
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Apr 18, 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new regulation on Wednesday that will make it tougher to domestically manufacture, import or sell products made with asbestos, the toxic mineral that causes…
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EPA Removes Part of Libby Asbestos Cleanup from Superfund List
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Apr 16, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has deleted a 45-acre portion of the Libby Asbestos Superfund site from the National Priorities List. The EPA and the Montana Department of…
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US Geological Survey: 750 Metric Tons of Asbestos Imported in 2018
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Mar 26, 2019
The United States imported an estimated 750 metric tons of raw asbestos in 2018, more than double the total in 2017 and the most entering the country since 2013, according…
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US Launches First National Firefighter Cancer Registry
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Mar 18, 2019
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has launched the first nationwide Firefighter Cancer Registry, linking workplace exposures to deadly malignancies such as mesothelioma. Officials administering the…
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FDA: Asbestos Confirmed in Children’s Makeup
- by Matt Mauney
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Mar 5, 2019
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday confirmed the 2017 finding of asbestos contamination in children’s cosmetic products sold by retailers Claire’s and Justice. FDA Commissioner Scott…
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J&J Faces Federal Subpoenas on Asbestos in Its Baby Powder
- by Walter Pacheco
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Feb 22, 2019
Johnson & Johnson executives this week revealed the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission issued subpoenas related to ongoing lawsuits over the company’s alleged asbestos contamination in…
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Documentary About Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure Now Streaming
- by Matt Mauney
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Dec 19, 2018
The 2018 documentary “Dirty Laundry” is now available for the world to see. In the film, cousins Conor B. Lewis and Zack Johnson cycle more than…
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Johnson & Johnson Knew of Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Dec 14, 2018
Investors responded negatively to an extensive report Friday that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that its iconic baby powder could be contaminated with asbestos fibers but failed to…
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Bittersweet Ending to Asbestos Cleanup in Libby, Montana
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Dec 11, 2018
The asbestos cleanup of Libby, Montana, is coming to a celebrated close. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon end the largest, longest-running asbestos cleanup project in American…
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