Asbestos exposure remains a critical public health concern in the United States due to its well-established link with ...

As demolition work continues on the East Wing of the White House, speculation has surfaced over whether the aging structure may have ...

Johnson Johnson is facing a large UK lawsuit over asbestos-contaminated baby powder, a substance linked to cancer.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. | Ron Thacker only worked at Bloomington's UNARCO plant for a couple of years as a young man in the early 1950s, but it left an indelible imprint on his life — and his lungs. Thacker ...

Members of a steamfitters union local said that in 2007, asbestos dust filled the air during renovation of the National Museum of American History because contractors repeatedly failed to take legally ...

Asbestos-containing vermiculite from the Grace mine was used as insulation in millions of houses across the U.S. In Libby, contaminated waste from the mine was unwittingly used by many residents as a ...

BLOOMINGTON — A new exhibit at the McLean County Museum of History aims to shed light on a Bloomington company that exploited workers for profit, resulting in hundreds of deaths. "I think we do our ...

At the core of the widespread ruins across the Gaza Strip, danger is not only hidden in unexploded ordnance it also lies in ...

A judge granted U.S. recognition to the Canadian bankruptcy proceedings of a former Quebec asbestos miner, overruling ...

The mineral is linked to mesothelioma, lung, laryngeal and ovarian cancers and is banned in over 60 countries. In the US, ...

The shuttered PeaceHealth University District hospital in Eugene contains extensive hazardous asbestos that will take months to remove before the place can be demolished and replaced with student ...