Though the toxics program faces workforce shortages and potential budget cuts, it is expected to add staff in order to ...

The move signals a shift from the Biden administration’s approach to regulating harmful chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a sweeping law aimed at protecting public health.

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

EPA intends to reconsider these requirements and seek public comment on the appropriateness of reconsidering TSCA risk evaluations under certain circumstances.

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 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider a Biden administration ban on the last type of asbestos used in the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration's ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to determine whether it went ...

Researchers in the UK have devised a very clever method using genetically modified E. coli to convert PET plastic waste into ...

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

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 ...