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

Government figures have revealed that nearly 10 times more veterans died from exposure to asbestos than were killed fighting in Afghanistan.

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

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

The HSE has also published the annual figures for mesothelioma (PDF), a cancer caused by past exposure to asbestos. The figures show that 2,218 people died from the disease in 2023, representing a ...

The Cassiar asbestos mine in B.C. closed back in 1992, but decades later, the B.C. Mining Law Reform Network says it remains among the most polluted mine sites in the province.

New rules protecting workers from asbestos exposure — the leading cause of workplace-related deaths — come into effect for B.C. on New Year's Day. The WorkSafeBC rules, which are the first of ...

Asbestos remains a major public health risk still lingering above millions of driveways across Britain, according to new data.

Figures released today (22) by Danmarque Garages - the UK’s leading asbestos garage roof replacement specialist - revealed that up to 4.9 million homes could still have garage roofs containing ...

The Trump administration has withdrawn its plan to rewrite a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States. The Biden-era ban was a victory for health advocates who had long ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Philadelphia's public schools with failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos. The district agreed to have the ...