In this issue (page 489), Joseph LaDou and colleagues on behalf of the Collegium Ramazzini1 call for an immediate and total ban on “asbestos” products because the current health risks associated with ...

LIBBY – A long-awaited asbestos risk assessment for this town, where hundreds of people have died due to exposure to asbestos dust, was released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The ...

In a rural area widespread pollution of friable and non-friable waste products was present, used to harden dirt tracks, yards, and driveways during 1935–1974. Exposure to environmental asbestos was ...

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Asbestos may have been banned from use in the UK since 1999 but the hazardous material continues to pose a serious ...

The government-owned company that runs the provincial ferry system is yet to make a clear statement to the public about the risk from asbestos on one of its vessels. The iconic indie filmmaker’s ...

Pipe breakages and bursts are a looming issue as ageing asbestos cement piping begins to degrade (Credit: Getty Images) Hundreds of thousands of miles of pipes made from asbestos cement deliver ...