A complete ban on asbestos was introduced by the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, making the U.S. one of the last Western countries to outlaw the carcinogenic chemical, and following decades ...

Debris from a fire at a derelict former nightclub in Kent contains asbestos, according to a local authority. Gravesham ...

Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban on cancer-causing asbestos. Last year, ...

The Trump administration’s move sets back a decades-long effort to end the use of the material, which is widely banned in other countries. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Trump administration plans to ...

The city’s Department of Education failed to inspect an overwhelming majority of Big Apple schools for the toxic material asbestos — with more than four out of five buildings falling far short of ...

Clive Houghton, 91, from Worcester Park, Surrey, died in August after working as an electrical engineer for the telecoms company for 40 years. Now, Mr Houghton's family say their husband and father ...

PHILADELPHIA (CN) — An award-winning Philadelphia high school teacher is suing the city’s school district over asbestos exposure after a yearslong battle with a rare form of breast cancer. Juan Namnun ...

Residents living near a former social club which went up in flames are being advised to “stay inside” after asbestos was ...

Residents in the leafy Newport village said the waste ranges from "big construction material" to black bags full of dirty nappies. "Some people have had asbestos tipped outside their house," Mr Colvin ...

Anxious Sheffield residents fear they are being put at risk after a pile of waste, labelled as ‘asbestos’, was dumped on ...