The Trump administration is dropping plans to permit continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.

The Asbestos Part 1 Rule is a regulation prohibiting the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and commercial use of chrysotile asbestos.

The Trump administration says it will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would reconsider the rule. In a court filing last month, the ...

In late June 2025, a rumor spread online that the Environmental Protection Agency, under U.S. President Donald Trump, planned to reverse a ban on asbestos, a toxic, cancer-causing mineral once ...

Chrysotile asbestos is found in products like brake blocks, asbestos diaphragms and sheet gaskets and was banned under the Toxic Substances Control Act, which was broadened in 2016. When the ban ...

Asbestos exposure has been tied to more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. annually. Every 13 minutes, someone dies from asbestos disease, according to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.

Most sheet gaskets, a type of seal, that contain asbestos will be banned after two years, while the chlor-alkali sector, which makes chemicals like chlorine for treating water, would have up to 12 ...

The Trump administration will reconsider a Biden-era regulation that aims to ban or phase out ongoing uses of asbestos, revealing its plans about the rule in a court filing Monday. The filing did n… ...

Asbestos was widely used in buildings and in some equipment between 1950 and 1980; however, any building built or refurbished before 2000 could contain an ACM. Asbestos can be found in: pipe lagging, ...