Over 80% of New York City public schools built with the known carcinogen asbestos did not undergo mandatory inspections in 2023-2024, according to a new audit released by the city comptroller's ...

The damaged asbestos was found in the school's auditorium and the school reopened March 16 with negative-pressure air to avoid asbestos particles from circulating in the building.

“Exposure to asbestos is known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, and laryngeal cancer, and it is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.” ...

Asbestos is no longer ubiquitous in building materials, and since it's proven to cause cancer, many Americans likely assumed the substance had been banned entirely. But not only is asbestos a ...

Asbestos exposure is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the US alone each year, the EPA noted at the time. “The science is clear—asbestos is a known carcinogen that has severe impacts on ...

Chrysotile asbestos—used in chlorine bleach—is the only form of the chemical still imported and used in the U.S., so this legislation will officially ban all forms of asbestos in the U.S.

The Trump administration has withdrawn its plan to rewrite a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States. The Biden-era ban was a victory for health advocates who had long ...

Asbestos, which was once common in home insulation and other products, is banned in more than 50 countries, and its use in the U.S. has been declining for decades.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial ...

"This is another attempt by industry, going back to when they blocked the first EPA asbestos ban in 1989, to allow for continued use of a deadly material responsible for some 40,000 U.S. deaths ...

According to crews on the scene, an overturned barrel of asbestos granules fell onto the roadway. A cleanup crew was called out to the scene to contain the substance when the bags fell on the highway.