The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a United States ban on the ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos -- a carcinogen that the agency estimates is linked to more than 40,000 U.S.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental ...

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two commonly used solvents that have been linked to cancer were banned Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The solvents, known as trichloroethylene ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — In an effort to protect the health of firefighters throughout the state, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1181, a bill that bans the use of toxic, cancer-causing chemicals in ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer ...

The Environmental Defense Alliance and Waterkeepers Florida have filed a lawsuit against Lee M. Zeldin, administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, for failing to adopt water quality ...

The president signed an order to expand the use of AI for healing children with cancer. It comes as his administration is weakening a dozen EPA rules that reduce cancer-causing pollution. President ...