Asbestos exposure can cause serious illnesses many years after it occurs. Diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestos lung ...
The University of Montana agreed to an $850,000 settlement in December with 17 parents of children who attended an on-campus ...
Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives on Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Bluesky @amandafollett.bsky.social. Floyd Joseph has fond memories of Cassiar, including ...
Nederland residents want to pick up the pieces and move on from a fire that ripped through a town shopping center in October, but some struggle to move on as debris from the blaze remains out in the ...
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Asbestos contamination in talc products is a complicated topic. Since the monumental Johnson & Johnson lawsuits over the years (which resulted in historic payouts: $4.96 billion to a group of 22 women ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed withdrawing a rule that would have ensured certain cosmetics were tested for asbestos. The rule was mandated under the 2022 Modernization of ...
The agency said it planned to craft a more comprehensive rule, but the move alarmed public health advocates, who have long worked to eliminate asbestos in consumer products. By Roni Caryn Rabin The ...
The Food and Drug Administration said today it is abruptly withdrawing its proposed rule that would have created approved, standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing ...
SYDNEY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children’s play sand products. Recalls have ...