Talc-based cosmetics will not go through new asbestos testing requirements after the US FDA withdrew a proposed rule last week.

Historically, the greatest contributions to airborne asbestos concentrations during brake repair work were likely due to specific, short-duration, dust-generating activities. In this paper, the ...

The standard, ASTM D 7390, Guide for Evaluating Asbestos in Dust on Surfaces by Comparison Between Two Environments, can assist building owners as they consider whether one area of a building has more ...

In a word, no. That’s because the FDA never mandated this kind of testing to begin with. “Currently, there is no mandatory federal requirement for asbestos testing in talc-based cosmetics,” Dobos ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Over the next two weeks, lead, asbestos and silica sample testing will be conducted at North Park Montessori School, closed in February for potential asbestos exposure during a ...

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken ...

The city will soon begin testing soil and dust at Tustin residents’ homes for any asbestos or lead emitted from the burnt north hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station, after previously focusing on ...

SELLERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Federal and state lawmakers say a quarry where asbestos was found in Upper Bucks County must be shut down for good. Local officials want all work at Rockhill ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Two Philadelphia schools will be closed on reports of asbestos found. Two buildings, Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia and Frankford High School are both ...

In short: A private auditor warned weeks before the recent asbestos crisis that mulch testing at a site near Rozelle Parklands did not meet its guidelines. The mulch came from a site operated by waste ...