When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was built before 1980, though, it's possible that you have dangerous materials in place that were used as part of home construction ...

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 comes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has announced a proposed rule that would require manufacturers of talc-containing cosmetic products to ...

Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a federal rule proposed Thursday. The proposal from the Food and Drug ...

Parents will get their first look today at a plan years in the making -- to test for dangerous chemicals in schools. The plan comes as concerns grow about the potential for exposure to lead and ...

Some North Carolina schools and daycares will soon be tested for lead and asbestos. State leaders told the State Board of Education on Wednesday the plan so far is to start with elementary schools and ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed withdrawing a rule that would have ensured certain cosmetics were tested for asbestos. The rule was mandated under the 2022 Modernization of ...

In the current political climate, it can be hard to divorce feelings and fear from facts. So when it was announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had withdrawn a rule it had ...