Sen. Scott Brown apologized Wednesday after suggesting people in an ad defending Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren’s work on an asbestos case were paid actors — in fact, all five were the ...

Senator Scott Brown issued an apology Wednesday night for telling reporters earlier in the day that his opponent, Democrat Elizabeth Warren, had paid actors to appear as victims of asbestos ...

ASBESTOS has been used for over 4,500 years, and in the ancient world was recognised at the 'magic mineral' due to its abundance and fire-resistant properties. But it has been banned from ...

These are commonly called "blue asbestos" (crocidolite), "brown asbestos" (amosite) and "white asbestos" (chrysotile). All of them are dangerous carcinogens but blue and brown asbestos are more ...

Many of the schools in the South East have the least harmful white chrysotite asbestos, which was banned in 1999, and the more harmful amosite 'brown asbestos', banned in 1985. There is some form of ...

serpentine (white asbestos) and amphiboles (including blue and brown asbestos); serpentine was more commonly used The importation, supply and use of all asbestos has been banned in the UK since ...

Asbestos fibres are invisible – they can’t be seen, smelled or felt in the air or on clothes so it’s impossible to know if you’ve been exposed to it – until it’s too late. It seems ...

HALLS of residence for 240 students are being sealed off and decontaminated after toxic brown asbestos was found in them. Workmen found the cancer-causing asbestos fibres at the University of ...