Culture Health Rights + Justice Labour + Industry The Life and Death Fight Against Asbestos on the Job An excerpt from a new book on the history of BC’s building trades highlights the 1970s ...

As Canada announces a total ban on asbestos, Canadian Geographic looks back at its early coverage of the ‘magic’ mineral, from the days when its dangers were unknown or ignored Three miners pause to ...

Canada agreed to ban asbestos in 2016, after years of pressure from health experts and former workers and their families, but Canada continued to argue it was safe if used with proper precautions ...

Asbestos kills as many as 2,000 people every year in Canada. The deadly material is in tens of thousands homes and buildings across the country. In fact, the carcinogenic fibre has been part of ...

Canada will ban asbestos use by 2018, in what many health advocates hail as a victory for public health, albeit one that is long overdue. The federal government's move is aimed at eventually ...

The group called for a complete ban on the use and export of asbestos. Dr. Turcotte noted that in 15 separate reports, Quebec's Public Health Institute had demonstrated that it was impossible to ...

Thousands of Americans die each year from asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma—a toll that prompted the Biden administration to ban the carcinogenic substance, long used in roofing ...

Siwa’s makeup kit is not the only product to be recalled from Claire’s. In March, the FDA issued an alert about asbestos contamination detected in three products sold by the retailer. In its ...

The Trump administration has withdrawn its plan to rewrite a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States.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

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 ...