Asbestos, known for causing mesothelioma, was used in a wide range of products in the 20th century. Asbestos was used in a wide range of products in the 20th century, from construction materials, to ...

France has halted sand toy sales for asbestos checks, while the UK has recalled a sand art kit over possible contamination.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills tens of ...

Manufacturers of baby powder and cosmetic products made with talc will have to test them for asbestos under a proposal ...

In 2019, the court in Safer Chemicals Healthy Families v. EPA, 943 F.3d 397 (9th Cir. 2019), held that EPA’s risk evaluation rule for asbestos should not have ...

With WWII approaching, the U.S. military resorted to asbestos products in an effort to respond to the increasing demands for military equipment. While asbestos became the go-to material of wartime ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, ...

When a product is officially recalled in the UK because it may contain asbestos, it often needs to be returned through the supply chain. This can involve storing the goods in a warehouse and opening ...

Asbestos exposure can cause serious illnesses many years after it occurs. Diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer often develop 20 to 50 years after exposure, which means workers ...

Over the last century, the U.S. military primarily used asbestos because the World War II war effort needed cheap materials to mass-produce equipment quickly. Manufacturers wanted to profit from the ...

Crawford County Technical School has reported that some people may have been potentially exposed to asbestos because of the work being done at a former auto body shop they purchased. In a letter ...

Over 50 health and environmental rights advocates push for testing, certification, and labeling of asbestos-free sand toys. 9 March 2026, Quezon City.  In ...