Tamron Little was given 18 months to live after a delayed diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma. Now, 18 years later, she's ...

Though no directive by public health has been issued, several municipalities have closed their clay tennis courts as a ...

Exposure to the deadly material in poor military accommodation, ships, submarines, helicopters and even tanks is causing an ...

Lt Col Harvey didn't think life could get any worse after losing Jacqueline in 2022 after 50 years of marriage. He'd never ...

Asbestos was used in building materials until it was discovered that inhalation of fibres could cause cancers.

Like asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma can take 20 to 40 years to develop and begin causing symptoms, among them painful coughing, shortness of breath and severe weight loss.

For decades, thousands of American workers were unknowingly exposed to asbestos on the job. Before safety regulations were ...

The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma from work-related asbestos exposure in Canada amounts to an average of $818,000 per case, according to a team led by health economist and senior ...

A University of B.C. study found that fewer than half of mesothelioma cases on the B.C. Cancer Agency’s tumour registry between 1970 and 2005 received compensation.

Mesothelioma, a lethal cancer linked to asbestos in over 80 per cent of cases, killed 32 per cent more Canadians in 2005 than in 2000, according to the most recent national figures available from ...

In Indonesia, activists who recently won a court ruling requiring mandatory labelling on asbestos products are now being sued ...