For example, only Washington state has made asbestos brake pads illegal, despite the known risks (1986 EPA video). This highlights the patchwork global approach to asbestos and the struggle to get ...

In March the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was banning ongoing uses of asbestos. People might have thought, Wait—what? Wasn’t it already banned? After all, many ...

BROCKTON – A company based in the city is set to pay the state $52,000 and must cease all business operations after claims of "illegal asbestos work" during a 2020 redevelopment project in ...