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The parish council who are responsible for the playing field, say they were not aware there could be asbestos in the ground until the moles started bringing the potential material to the surface.
Williamsport High School is closed, with construction projected ceased, after asbestos fibers were found outside the containment area.
It could have been just another morning at P.S. 176 The Ovington School in Dyker Heights, but on June 12 — just days before the end of the school year — more than a dozen parents lined up outside the ...
New regulations to protect workers from asbestos exposure will come into effect in Manitoba this fall, and officials with the Manitoba Federation of Labour say they can't come soon enough, as ...
Eleventh night bonfire lit on asbestos site criticised - as firefighters face 'challenging' conditions Bonfires were lit at an estimated 300 locations ahead of the Orange Order's 12 July parades ...
The Environmental Protection Agency said in a court filing Monday that it will now defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in products like brake blocks and ...
But the declaration means the Trump administration will defend the asbestos ban in court after challenges from the chemical industry and others.
The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents. The Environmental ...
The Trump administration has withdrawn its plan to rewrite a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States. The Biden-era ban was a victory for health advocates who had long ...
The Asbestos Part 1 Rule is a regulation prohibiting the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and commercial use of chrysotile asbestos.
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened. Patients with scarred lungs worry about what's next.
DOJ files criminal charges against School District of Philadelphia over asbestos management Under a deferred prosecution agreement, the federal government may drop the criminal charges if the district ...