Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Office of Resilience announced that it has begun its second and final phase of the ...

Broken asbestos sheets, upturned cars, boulders all around present the grim picture of an Army camp devastated by the ...

The Trump administration has withdrawn its plan to rewrite a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States.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 ...

Chrysotile asbestos—used in chlorine bleach—is the only form of the chemical still imported and used in the U.S., so this legislation will officially ban all forms of asbestos in the U.S.

Chrysotile asbestos, aka "white asbestos," is still imported, processed, and used in the US for diaphragms (including those used to make sodium hydroxide and chlorine), sheet gaskets, brake blocks ...

The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court filing on Monday. The move, which could halt enforcement of ...

More Altadena properties burned in the Eaton Fire have tested positive for asbestos — the mineral fiber linked to lung cancer and diseases like mesothelioma — than those being cleared in the ...

Over 80% of New York City public schools built with the known carcinogen asbestos did not undergo mandatory inspections in 2023-2024, according to a new audit released by the city comptroller's ...

The checks are required under The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), a US federal law enacted in 1986, which requires the DOE to inspect all schools with asbestos for potential issues ...

Asbestos was “widely used in Italy for building and industrial applications until the late ’80s,” according to a 2021 study by Italy’s National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.