Companies and unions need clearer answers to questions arising as two federal agencies now regulate workplace safety for ...

Public worries about BVO started decades ago, when researchers spotted bromine accumulating in human tissue samples.

The Environmental Protection Agency is more quickly deciding if new chemicals can be made, according to the agency’s top ...

The EPA’s latest decision to review its own 2024 ban on chrysotile asbestos reignites a regulatory tug of war that has ...

News about Hazardous and Toxic Substances, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is extending the postponement of the effective date ( printed page 26454) of certain regulatory provisions of the final rule entitled ...

Former President Joe Biden's administration banned "ongoing uses" of the last form of asbestos permitted in the United States.

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 ...