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The article offers information on the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule prohibiting ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos, citing its carcinogenicity and severe impacts on public health.

This section offers news briefs related to chemical regulations. U.S. President George W. Bush has signed a rail safety bill into law allocating funds for an enhanced rail safety program mandating the implementation of positive train controls by 2015. The United Nations is considering adding endosulfan, tributyl tin and chrysotile asbestos to its Prior Informed Consent (PIC) list. International environmental regulators have agreed to consider adding 4 new substances to the 2001 Stockholm Convention regarding persistent organic pollutants.

Focuses on the inclusion of 14 substances to the international agreement that requires an exporting nation to obtain advance approval from developing countries before the shipment of chemicals. Need for developing countries to grant informed consent before they allow imports of listed materials; Argumentation in favor of listing chrysotile; Terms of the agreement.