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Legislation & LitigationOn July 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule requiring comprehensive reporting on asbestos. The new directive, issued under the Toxic… -
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Legislation & LitigationJury 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… -
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Legislation & LitigationJ&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… -
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Legislation & LitigationCanadian Government Creates New Asbestos Abatement Rules
Beginning in January 2024, the Canadian province of British Columbia will be the first in that country to require asbestos abatement companies to… -
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Legislation & LitigationNew FDA Guidelines in Place to Keep Asbestos Out of Cosmetics
The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, known as MoCRA, is the most significant measure taken in nearly 100 years to keep items… -
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Legislation & LitigationFormer Talc Supplier Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Files for Bankruptcy
Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, a defunct talc supplier, is filing for Chapter 11 protection after a recent $29 million verdict in South Carolina and… -
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Legislation & LitigationBill to Ban Asbestos Reintroduced by Oregon Legislators
Two Oregon legislators have reintroduced a bill to end the importation of asbestos, a known carcinogen banned in nearly 70 other countries. The… -
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Legislation & LitigationJohnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay $8.9 Billion to Settle Talc Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson has announced it will pay $8.9 billion to settle tens of thousands of talcum powder lawsuits alleging the pharma giant’s… -
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Legislation & Litigation$72.5M BASF Talc Settlement to Benefit Rubber Workers, Heirs
Nearly $60 million of a $72.5 million settlement reached in 2020 will go to the heirs of rubber workers sickened by asbestos-contaminated talc… -
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Legislation & LitigationW.R. Grace Settles Montana Environmental Asbestos Claims for $18.5M
W.R. Grace has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of Montana’s claims for environmental damages caused by the company’s mining operations that spread…