David Lawrence worked at a builders' merchant cutting up asbestos boards in 1961 A man who said he spent more than a year cutting up asbestos sheets without protective equipment has been awarded a six ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the U.S. - a mineral that has been tied to cancer and heavily regulated for decades. Now, the ...

On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to address to the extent necessary the unreasonable risk of injury ...

It can be revealed that Australian Portable Camps, owned by Adelaide businessman Frank Martino, imported 8070 cement sheets into the country during 2010 and 2011, believing they were free of deadly ...

The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some ...

Roofing developed in the urgency of post-tsunami rebuilding could be the solution to a move away from asbestos sheeting, with government agencies quickly researching alternatives. Action has been ...

They brought asbestos from the central areas of the city to the suburbs, where they dumped it without taking the precautions required by law. The environmental team of the local police of Oristano has ...

Asbestos was once tagged as a miracle material for its strength. But the move last month under the Rotterdam Convention, to list asbestos under hazardous materials, which need the prior consent of ...

People in villages along Bangladesh's coast impacted by saltwater intrusion are facing deadly diseases like cancer because of the growing use of asbestos sheets on the roofs of their homes for ...

One of the few things we who have lived in the diaspora tend to do when we return home, either for a visit or to relocate is to visit places in the local area where we spent time during the formative ...