FDA Withdraws Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosmetic Products
On Nov. 28, 2025, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the withdrawal of the proposed rule entitled…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Environmental | EPA | Therapeutics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer
On Mar. 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to prohibit ongoing uses…
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The CDC addressed widespread asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana
In 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addressed widespread asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana….
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Environmental | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
The National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers was established
Apr. 14, 2004, the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers was established in Michigan in response to…
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Medical College of South Carolina researchers published article that linked brown lung disease (asbestosis) with cancer
In May 1935, Kenneth Lynch and William Atmar Smith from the Medical College of South Carolina published an…
