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    EPA Implements Stricter Regulations for Asbestos Industry

    Asbestos manufacturers and processors are now subject to heightened regulations following completion of the final reporting rule under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic…
    Michelle Whitmer
    09/21/2023
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    Legislation Will Empower FDA to Address Asbestos in Makeup

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    Libby Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After Asbestos Claims Ruling

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    08/28/2023
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    Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary’s Talc Bankruptcy Denied Again

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    08/18/2023
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    Asbestos Disease Clinic in Libby, Montana, Must Pay $6M for False Claims

    An acclaimed health clinic in a small Montana mining town known for treating asbestos patients has been ordered to pay almost $6 million in…
    Michelle Whitmer
    08/10/2023
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    J&J Sues Researchers Over Studies of Asbestos in Talc  

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    07/27/2023
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    EPA Finalizes Comprehensive Asbestos Reporting Rule

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    Michelle Whitmer
    07/18/2023
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    Jury Finds Libby CARD Clinic Guilty of Filing False Asbestos Health Claims

    The Center for Asbestos Related Disease, located in a small Montana mining town and current asbestos Superfund site, is now entangled in fraudulent asbestos…
    Michelle Whitmer
    07/11/2023
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    J&J Must Stop Claiming Plaintiff Support of $8.9B Talc Settlement

    A federal bankruptcy judge ordered a lawyer for Johnson & Johnson to stop making unsubstantiated claims about support for an $8.9 billion settlement for…
    Michelle Whitmer
    07/10/2023
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