Exposure Bans

Mary Pieper
5 mins read - May 10, 2024

Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently banned chrysolite, the last known type of asbestos imported into the United States, union officials and health and safety...

Mary Pieper
4 mins read - March 18, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on March 18 that after many decades of effort, it will start banning the final known type of asbestos still used in the United...

Cameron Ayers
3 mins read - July 19, 2021

Two more employees of an embattled asbestos handling service plead guilty pleas to having conspired to violate federal laws and state regulations in illegally removing asbestos at...

Cameron Ayers
3 mins read - July 19, 2021

This new rule on asbestos reporting comes as a result of the settlement reached by a coalition of 11 state attorneys general in the U.S.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

John Edwards
2 mins read - May 21, 2021

In a significant legal development, a New York man has pleaded guilty to a Clean Air Act violation after negligently releasing asbestos during abatement at a former IBM site. Roger...

Cameron Ayers
3 mins read - April 23, 2021

EPA’s long-used method of dealing with asbestos-contaminated sites — burying it in sludge to prevent the cancerous fibers from becoming airborne — could carry serious...

Cameron Ayers
2 mins read - April 12, 2021

A New York woman has plead guilty to federal charges of mishandling asbestos.Stephanie Laskin of Newburgh, N.Y., plead guilty to charges of illegally removing and disposing of...

Cameron Ayers
2 mins read - April 7, 2021

More than half of all cargo vessels in use today contain asbestos, according to an estimate from a maritime compliance company.Singapore-based Maritec made the startling claim in...

Cameron Ayers
2 mins read - April 2, 2021

A man convicted of allowing thousands of tons of asbestos to be dumped on his property and lying about it is settling a Justice Department lawsuit over clean-up costs for...

Cameron Ayers
6 mins read - March 11, 2021

Federal and state legislators are pushing a host of bills designed to make it harder for asbestos exposure victims to claim compensation.Six recent bills filed in two different...

Cameron Ayers
4 mins read - March 2, 2021

States and anti-asbestos groups are pushing back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to circumvent a court order mandating asbestos reporting requirements.In legal...

Cameron Ayers
4 mins read - February 20, 2021

Asbestos importers and removal firms would have to change their danger labels for the carcinogen under a recent federal proposal.A proposed rule from the Occupational Safety and...

John Edwards
4 mins read - February 17, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is owning up to problems with its current approach to risk evaluations — as exemplified in the outcry over its 2020 asbestos review — and...

John Edwards
5 mins read - February 4, 2021

The EPA will issue a draft report on asbestos this summer, detailing its plans for a forthcoming risk evaluation on older uses of the carcinogen.This somewhat nebulous timeframe...

John Edwards
2 mins read - January 26, 2021

A trio of companies will shell out a combined $75,000 for violating Wisconsin’s asbestos handling laws.The hefty sum stems from a 2018 building demolition that lacked proper...

Matthew Davis
8 mins read - July 18, 2019

A federal judge will rule next week on what evidence will be admitted in ongoing lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) alleging that asbestos in the company’s...

Amna Anees
3 mins read - June 29, 2019

Researchers revealed that excessive genital use of talcum powder changes the enzymatic activity favoring ovarian cancer cells’ survival. Moreover, with changes at the...

Rachel Sasser
4 mins read - June 23, 2019

After receiving a harsh wave of criticism on significant new use rule (SNUR) last summer, US Environmental Protection Agency- EPA has issued a final rule last week on April 17,...

John Edwards
4 mins read - March 27, 2019

On March 18, a Columbia University science history professor provided testimony to jurors in New Jersey on the history of asbestos and why it was eventually labeled as a deadly...

John Edwards
5 mins read - February 18, 2019

If you’ve worked in the construction or manufacturing industries, are a veteran or have even used talcum powder, you might be at risk of asbestos exposure.Asbestos was...