As reported in our June 28, 2025, blog item, on June 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a motion ...

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S.

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 Environmental ...

Trump's EPA plans to 'reconsider' Biden-era asbestos ban. Here's what that means Former President Joe Biden's administration banned "ongoing uses" of the last form of asbestos permitted in the ...

In June 2025, social media users circulated a rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration planned to reverse a ban on asbestos, a cancer-causing substance once widely used as a ...

In the second case, the user of a piece of land where tires of various sizes and asbestos cement sheets were found was reported. In both cases, the areas were seized.

The 61-year-old stored and burned asbestos sheeting, fridges, cars, household and building waste and rubber tyres between August 2021 and February 2022.

The NGT had earlier sought clarity on whether the health risks for students differed from those faced by industrial workers exposed to asbestos.