Chrysotile asbestos, also known as white asbestos, is banned in 50 countries because of its association with lung cancer, and in 2024, the Biden administration finalized its own ban, meaning the ...

With the ban, the US joined over 50 other countries around the world that had banned its use due to health risks. Generally, asbestos is known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, ovarian cancer ...

More madness from across the water. From the New York Times: The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court ...

I feel like years of hearing about the harmful health effects of asbestos have instilled a collective sense of urgency in ridding our surroundings of the once common material. I was admittedly ...

People resident in Ireland over the age of 16 can open an account virtually through the AIB Mobile app, the bank tells me, which is welcome but no good if you’re only arriving in the State.

Richard Goodbody's Royal Irish Yacht Club J109 White Mischief had a margin of just over one minute on corrected time (1 hour: 43 minutes:19 seconds) to win the first Class One coastal race of the AIB ...

Work to install the brand-new play area at Vigo Park has hit an unexpected setback after contractors uncovered buried white asbestos while preparing the foundations. The material – remnants of ...