After the weekend fire and demolition of the Kugmallit Road row houses in Inuvik, N.W.T., health concerns were raised by residents since the buildings were well known to have asbestos in them.

The fire in Park Lane was spotted shortly before 23:30 BST on Friday. It was brought under control by 03:00 BST when relief ...

The latency period for mesothelioma – a cancer caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure – is long, typically from 20 to 40 years, and health experts estimate that these cases have not ...

North N.W.T. government fined $115K for workers' asbestos exposure Supervisor held meeting about asbestos in asbestos-contaminated room with no protection ...

A Torrance post office was evacuated Friday morning over a reported hazardous materials incident. The closure occurred after ...

Work has started to remove asbestos-contaminated items from a row of fire-ravaged homes. The six properties in Rose Street, Northfleet, were gutted in a blaze in August last year and have been ...

In the last decade, 611 B.C. workers died from diseases related to exposure to asbestos and the rate is rising, according to WorkSafeBC. Last year, the number that died was 47 and almost to half ...

NANUET, NY--(Marketwired - Dec 1, 2015) - After a fire eruption during asbestos removal in a high-rise NYC building, the premises faced asbestos contamination on 15 floors. Immediately following ...