EPA Files Brief With the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Prior Rule Banning Chrysotile Asbestos – What Manufacturers Should Know

EPA Files Brief With the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Prior Rule Banning Chrysotile Asbestos – What Manufacturers Should Know

​​In March 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule that completed the elimination of all forms of asbestos used in or imported to the United States by prohibiting the use of chrysotile asbestos, which was the last remaining form of asbestos in the U.S. The EPA first made an effort to ban…

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EPA to Require Stronger Worker Safety Requirements Over Industrial Use of Methylene Chloride Following Near – Total Ban 

EPA worker safety requirements

​​In April of 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put plans in place to ban most uses of methylene chloride. This move finalizes years of efforts to increase the regulations for this infamously dangerous material. Methylene chloride is still a critical component in laboratories that are conducting chemical research.  This new environmental legislation means interpreting…

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