Key Lawmaker Urges FDA To Enforce Asbestos Testing Standards

A key House lawmaker accused FDA of failing to implement asbestos testing recommendations and implored the agency to use its authority to put standards in place. If FDA doesn’t “follow the science” and act, Congress will have to step in and pass legislation to mandate the agency enforce asbestos testing standards, House Oversight and Reform consumer policy subcommittee Chair Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) said during a roundtable discussion on Thursday (May 21). Krishnamoorthi also alleged companies like Johnson & Johnson are...