White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair. Several species of fungus that live in soil or dirty water can cause it. Piedra is the Spanish word for stone. White piedra appears as ...

When manufacturers of asbestos-containing products file for bankruptcy, they must set aside compensation for current and future asbestos victims in asbestos trust funds. As of February 2025, an ...

For most of the 20th century, every branch of the U.S. military relied on asbestos to build their bases. Only later did it become known that working or living on military bases with asbestos can cause ...

Chrysotile (white asbestos) is the major type used in manufacture of asbestos products. As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization and the United Nations ...

Britain is facing an avalanche of asbestos-related deaths. For decades, the official policy of successive governments has been to leave asbestos where it is, provided it is sealed in, painted over ...

He recalls his father coming home with his clothing covered in white asbestos dust — he and his siblings would slap the dust off, and then his mother would shake the clothes off outside and ...

Plans to increase the speed limit at a major Orange road have been revealed. I am a senior journalist for ACM in the Central West. I cover council, human interest, and crime. Email me at riley ...