Vermiculite loose-fill insulation, a common type of household asbestos insulation, looks like tiny pebbles with a gray-brown ...

that used a type of asbestos that is blue in color to make industrial plastics. The plant’s owner, OxyChem, closed and demolished the facility in the 1990s. But the company has since faced at ...

This year’s study found the presence of a certain type of asbestos ... told Gizmodo in an email that the specific color crayon PIRG tested for asbestos—the green one—was “thoroughly ...

The ban will apply to chrysotile asbestos, the only type of asbestos now used in or imported to the country. Lawmakers said this week that they hope the ban will reduce cancer deaths and prevent ...

The agency could move forward with a rule targeting chrysotile, the court ruled, but would have to broaden its scope and conduct a separate examination including the other types of asbestos.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The FDA has recalled four City Color (Beauty Plus Global) cosmetic products that tested positive for asbestos. This recall comes three months after the last asbestos-related ...

However, in tests run this year on green Playskool crayons, U.S. PIRG found tremolite fibers — a type of asbestos. A handful of other products that U.S. PIRG tested also contained dangerous ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it is taking a “historic” step by banning ongoing uses of asbestos, which has long been linked to multiple types of cancer. The agency ...

By Coral Davenport The Biden administration on Monday finalized a ban on the only type of asbestos still used in the United States, the first time since 1989 the federal government has moved to ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a ban on the only type of asbestos still used in the US, chrysotile asbestos. This move was decades in the making. Chrysotile asbestos ...