"With today's ban, EPA is finally slamming the door on a chemical so dangerous ... A ban on sheet gaskets that contain asbestos will take effect in two years, with the exception of gaskets used ...

“With today’s ban, EPA is finally slamming the door on a chemical so dangerous ... A ban on sheet gaskets that contain asbestos will take effect in two years, with the exception of gaskets ...

Gasket manufacturer Garlock Technologies has sued four prominent asbestos law firms for fraud as it awaits a bankruptcy judge's decision on how much money the company must set aside to settle ...

“With today’s ban, EPA is finally slamming the door on a chemical so dangerous ... One exception is the use of asbestos-containing gaskets at a US Department of Energy facility in South ...

In 2016, Congress passed amendments to strengthen the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, opening the door to renewing ... effect for most sheet gaskets that contain asbestos in two years, while ...

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention, said the rule would “close the door” on using asbestos without approval. Asbestos is a ...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Wednesday that officials say will “close the door” on potential new uses of the dangerous chemical asbestos. The rule, first proposed ...

King’s job in the Navy was to change gaskets, repair pumps and repair valves. Part of his job required him to scrape out the dry, baked asbestos from gaskets in order to replace them with new ones.

Early automobile gaskets like the one recovered from the site monitoring visit were very frequently manufactured with asbestos. Asbestos was used in many products during the first half of the 20th ...