The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S.

The about-face came after a public outcry over plans to reconsider Biden-era restrictions on the carcinogenic material.

The Trump administration says it will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would ...

Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban The EPA will now defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in products like brake ...

The EPA’s previous move to reconsider the ban had been among dozens of deregulatory actions in the first months of the Trump administration.