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Workplace health and safety advocates are criticizing the White House for delaying a regulation that provides a safer work environment for industrial workers, citing that approximately 60 lives could

Asbestos contamination in schools throughout the United Kingdom is “a national scandal,” according to one Member of Parliament who has asked for swift action to correct the growing health

The Belvidere Mountain Asbestos mine is empty and dormant, yet it lies directly in the middle of a heated debate. Residents of two Vermont towns will be voting on whether the mine should become a Superfund

There was news from all angles this week at the Mesothelioma Center, and much of it good , but clearly the most disconcerting news was that the importing of asbestos by American manufacturers could

After several years of decline, the importing of asbestos into the United States is back on the rise, infuriating advocates like Linda Reinstein of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.

According

Approximately 45 percent of cancers in men and 40 percent of cancers in women could be prevented by living a healthier lifestyle, a report from the Cancer Research UK concludes.

The study found

The small-cell lung cancer that killed legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno may have been caused by a long-ago exposure to asbestos

Paterno, a non-smoker, died Sunday, 72 days

Contractors working for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began removing 5,000 cubic yards of asbestos-contaminated soil from a former factory site where fireproof insulation was produced for

New Mexico’s House Speaker announced this week that he has been battling Stage IV lung cancer since 2009.

What’s more Ben Lujan told his colleagues and constituents, is that he contracted