Asbestos-based insulation and other asbestos products commonly used in homes and buildings throughout the past are now known to contribute to mesothelioma, a deadly lung cancer.
Today, environmentally aware builders and homeowners are more likely to use non-asbestos ‘green’ alternatives such as cellulose, cotton fiber made from recycled batted material (such as denim), a water-based polyurethane [...]

Asbestos management in British schools has come under scrutiny by the Asbestos Sub-Committee of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health, according to TimesOnline.  Unsafe levels of asbestos exposure can cause serious lung diseases, including mesothelioma, a terminal cancer that is difficult to diagnose and treat.
Underfunding of school maintenance has allowed asbestos [...]

Unions and support groups have asked the United Kingdom for a national database of workplace asbestos so that employees can judge the safety of their environment. 
Growing evidence suggests asbestos-related disease such as mesothelioma, a terminal cancer of the lung lining, and other diseases caused by exposure to the toxic mineral, are increasingly prevalent among workers [...]

India is one of the world’s largest users of asbestos, a deadly fireproof product mined in Canada and the U.S. Canada exports 95% of its chrysotile asbestos to India for asbestos-cement roofs and in other building products.  Construction workers and homeowners may become ill with a deadly cancer, mesothelioma, or asbestosis, a serious breathing disorder [...]

A revised plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up a polluted industrial site in Walpole, Mass, has apparently satisfied local residents. 
The Blackburn & Union Privileges Superfund site has a history of hazardous materials. In the 17th and 18th centuries the site contained a long list of industrial and commercial companies that used toxic [...]

Inmates of the McNeil Island Corrections Facility in Washington State raised concerns when they had to remove asbestos-containing tiles at the prison without the use of protective equipment and safety precautions. Exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a serious disease of the lung lining, and other kinds of cancer.
Although supervisors of the project had state [...]

St. Louis developer Matthew E. Burghoff borrowed money to remove asbestos-containing debris from a building he owned, but used the funds to pay off personal debts and buy a home in Mexico. He faces as much as 2 1/2 years in prison for the infractions.
Burghoff’s trouble started last year when the St. Louis Air Pollution [...]

A former beautician at a Florida nursing home has received $100,000 in a lawsuit filed in a wrongful firing lawsuit.  Mary Ann Gruzs complained to the York County Pleasant Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center that tiles in the salon where she worked were discolored and breaking.  She suspected they contained toxic amounts of asbestos and [...]

Research scientists have been exploring the use of biomarkers as diagnostic tools to detect malignant pleural mesothelioma.   A biomarker is a specific physical trait used to measure the effects or progress of a disease. A validated biomarker can diagnose the presence of a disease and perhaps aid in its treatment. A recent study shows that [...]

Although Flintkote has gone bankrupt because of asbestos-related lawsuits, public health officials in Fremont, CA are asking former employees to report about any potential impacts they have had from asbestos exposure. 
Between 1967 and 1979, Flintkote workers were exposed to low levels of asbestos, according to the Federal Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry. The [...]