Johannesburg - The Asbestos Relief Trust has been established and tasked with paying out compensation to sufferers of asbestos-related diseases. The trust said in a statement on Wednesday that ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a ...

Ace Magashule's one-time assistant, Moroadi Cholota, has raised a special plea challenging her extradition to face criminal charges over the Free State asbestos removal scandal. The investigating ...

This open-pit mine, measuring 1,140 ft (350 m) deep and more than two sq miles (six sq km) in size, along with other mines, are said to have made Canada the largest exporter of asbestos back in ...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has already demanded thousands of dollars in penalties against Detroit's demolition and asbestos abatement contractors after finding violations at ...

Asbestos workers in the state of Louisiana who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer or asbestos lung cancer may be eligible to file a lawsuit or bankruptcy trust claim against the ...

Asbestos was present in the roof of a farm building in Grenagh, Co Cork which was demolished without permission, Cork County Council has confirmed. The council said it was alerted to the ...

The city’s Department of Education failed to inspect 82% of the city’s schools containing asbestos over a three-year period, Comptroller Brad Lander said in an audit published this week.

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering more restrictions on the use of asbestos, the cancer-causing fiber that’s more common in Fort Collins than you might expect. Some uses of ...

Corporate defendants in asbestos lawsuits are seeking to stop records of past compensation payments from being deleted after bankruptcy courts authorized broad probes in recent years into ...

A barn with an asbestos roof is burning in Devon this morning, having broken out more than 12 hours ago. The building in Chudleigh caught fire at around 4pm on Sunday, March 30, and, according to ...

In 1922, the U.S. Navy identified the naturally occurring asbestos mineral as the most efficient and cost-effective insulation, gaskets, and shipbuilding material. During World War II ...