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

Chrysotile asbestos is found in products such as brake blocks, asbestos diaphragms and sheet gaskets and was banned under the ...

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.