Building the Worlds That Kill Us shows how social, political, and economic order in the U.S. has always favored some, at the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration isn’t just making a suggestion—it’s drawing a line in the sand. Last week, the FDA ...

Manufacturers of baby powder and cosmetic products made with talc will have to test them for asbestos under a proposal announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency's proposal ...

Asbestos, a known human carcinogen, can be injurious to consumers if found in talc-containing cosmetic products as there is no established “safe level” threshold for exposure to the substance.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to require standardized testing of talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen linked to serious illnesses such ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to establish and require standardized testing methods to detect and ...

A billionaire developer and owner of a popular chocolate chain has been charged over the asbestos-in-mulch crisis that saw Sydney parks, schools, and hospitals closed. Multiple sites across Sydney ...

Kirillov was the commander of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, and is thought to be the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia since the country invaded ...

About 12,000 of the enormous structures are decommissioned annually ... Period over which US law continued to allow one form of asbestos to be used. The US Environmental Protection Agency enacted ...

A heartbreaking diagnosis in 2022 followed — mesothelioma, an incurable form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Asbestos was commonly used in the building and transport industries ...