Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents ...

Former President Joe Biden's administration banned "ongoing uses" of the last form of asbestos permitted in the United States.

Known as “white” asbestos, chrysotile asbestos is banned in more than 50 countries for its link to lung cancer and mesothelioma, a cancer that forms in the lining of internal organs.

While use of chrysotile asbestos was on the decline, the dangerous mineral has lingered in various gaskets, brake blocks, aftermarket automotive brakes and linings, other vehicle friction products ...

More madness from across the water. From the New York Times: The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court ...

Known as “white” asbestos, chrysotile asbestos is banned in more than 50 countries for its link to lung cancer and mesothelioma, a cancer that forms in the lining of internal organs. White asbestos, ...

Diseases associated with it include asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer and other cancers (Anon, 2004: Norton, 2001). Efforts have been geared to replace asbestos fibres in friction linings. This is ...