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Five asbestos workers are on strike demanding a safer working environment and higher wages. The group was removing asbestos from the roof of the Parklawn Building in Maryland, which is home to the United

The Queen of Disco Donna Summer died on Thursday in her Naples, Florida, home after a quiet battle with lung cancer.

She was 63.

The five-time Grammy winner was best known for hits like

A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee responsible for exposing the government cover up of health hazards from the 9/11 site finally received justice for her actions.

A federal

Excess housing is a problem in New York, and local officials are attributing part of the issue to the state’s asbestos regulations.

Regulations and proportionally-high costs are slowing

Industrial workers exposed to asbestos now have additional health concerns to worry about beyond mesothelioma and lung cancer.

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal shows a

Cancer researchers believe they have another bright spot in mesothelioma treatment: positive results through a combination procedure of lung-sparing surgery and photodynamic therapy.

Doctors

Asbestos was discovered in the New York plant of the aluminum-manufacturing giant, Alcoa Inc.

The discovery, made after a fire broke out in Alcoa’s Massena West plant on March 29, led investigators

The Libby Board of Health has put forth an initiative for a plan that would reduce current and future risk of asbestos exposure to residents throughout the Montana city made infamous by asbestos.

With

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is done with an investigation into whether officials conspired to conceal asbestos exposure at the Hunters Point Shipyard site in San Francisco, California.

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