Category: Asbestos Exposure & Bans

New legislation in Oregon will require contractors to inspect homes for asbestos before demolition, but residents are concerned about a lack of oversight.

Feds upheld maintenance worker’s claims that Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital failed to protect workers from exposure to asbestos.

Amazon.com, Toys “R” Us, Party City and Dollar Tree have pulled the asbestos crayons and other contaminated toys from stores.

Kilgore College workers were fired months after they told state agencies about illegal asbestos dumping on campus. School officials say cuts were unrelated.

Several reports have shown traces of asbestos in multiple brands of crayons, modeling clay, crime scene kits and possibly more children’s toys.

A significant jump in imported asbestos products in Canada raises health concerns and renews interest in a national asbestos ban.

Discovery of asbestos in schools, hospitals and police stations prompts action from officials in the U.S., Australia and the U.K.

Katie Williams and Daniel Lawrence welcomed their newborn into a home they must soon abandon because it’s contaminated with Mr. Fluffy asbestos insulation.

Australian officials are beginning the pilot demolition program of “Mr. Fluffy homes” containing deadly asbestos insulation which leads to mesothelioma.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s final health assessment shows people can work and live in Libby now that asbestos levels have significantly dropped.

Homeowners and safety advocates have mixed reactions to publishing the list of more than 1,000 homes containing the mineral responsible for mesothelioma.

The new mesothelioma cases in Minnesota raise the total number of confirmed diagnoses to 101 among thousands of taconite mine workers.

New study shows an unusual number of mesothelioma cases among women and younger residents in southern Nevada may be linked to naturally occurring asbestos.

While developing countries ignore the dangers of asbestos, millions of people remain at risk of developing deadly mesothelioma in the coming years.

Activists and medical professionals in Australia say Rottnest Island officials are downplaying danger of asbestos recently found on the tourist destination.