More than 30 years after the Environmental Protection Agency first tried to ban asbestos — and failed under court challenge — the agency is trying again.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
EPA struggles to ban asbestos, other chemicals years after Congress granted new powers
Congress approved new powers to help in 2016, but the agency has yet to approve any new rules under the law and faces years of more fighting
By Timothy Puko
February 19, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST