Category: Asbestos Exposure & Bans

Australia’s Asbestos Response Taskforce shared photos showing how toxic fibers released from Mr. Fluffy asbestos insulation can migrate through homes.

Fire-damaged asbestos could hinder cleanup efforts in Western Australia’s town of Yarloop, raising residents’ concerns about dangerous asbestos exposure.

A committee of 10 education trade unions published a report revealing extensive asbestos risks in nearly 90 percent of U.K. schools.

A new report shows hundreds of Chicago’s students and teachers are at risk of asbestos exposure in schools because of damaged asbestos products.

Students returned to Oak View Elementary in California after the school shut for a $6 million asbestos abatement.

EnPro Industries agreed to the multimillion-dollar settlement of Garlock asbestos claims against the company’s bankruptcy trust fund.

As Canada undergoes asbestos abatement in public buildings, officials confirm they continue using the toxic mineral in new and old federal structures.

Learn how the EPA is close to completing its 17-year project to remove deadly asbestos from the Superfund site in Libby, Montana.

Firefighters and their families worry the exposure to asbestos could lead to mesothelioma or other deadly diseases.

Close to 200 people at the iconic St. Louis landmark may have suffered asbestos exposure after workers accidentally cut through asbestos insulation.

As the volume of asbestos waste grows worldwide, a lack of safe disposal options is contributing to a rise in disposal costs and illegal dumping.

New report shows management of asbestos in schools remains noncompliant, disorganized and inconsistent.

Owners of defunct asbestos-laden factories and mills must pay tens of thousands of dollars to safely remove asbestos before demolishing abandoned buildings.

The Japanese manufacturer said more than 500,000 of its cars may contain counterfeit brake pads with deadly asbestos.

City officials in Henderson, Nevada, will likely annex land that contains naturally occurring asbestos.