the companys air bags can inflate with too much force and spray metal fragments washington the environmental protection agency announced a new rule on wednesday that it said will help the urgent removal of defective takata airbags and ensure old ones from scrap vehicles dont get reused todays action will help auto dealers and scrap recyclers across the country protect public health and properly dispose of these defective airbags inflators said epa acting administrator andrew wheeler takata and its us unit tk holdings inc filed for bankruptcy last year after the largest automotive recall in history the companys air bags can inflate with too much force and spray metal fragments and have been linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 22 deaths reuters published on nov 15 2018 at 1055 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app automotive recall epa auto dealers takata airbag homenewsauto componentsus epa sets rule for disposal of recalled takata airbag inflators