Manitoba is updating its regulations governing the handling of asbestos to protect workers from dangerous exposure to the material, the leading cause of work-place related deaths in the province, the ...

A third Australian renewable energy company has confirmed the presence of white asbestos in wind turbine lift brake pads supplied by Chinese company 3S Industry. An anti-asbestos advocate says ...

A second renewable energy company says it is taking "immediate action" after confirming the presence of asbestos in its wind turbine lift brake pads supplied by Chinese company 3S Industry. Goldwind ...

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 Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday. The Food and Drug ...

On Friday, operator Goldwind discovered asbestos in lift brake pads at its Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania. The Clean Energy Regulator, SafeWork New South Wales, and WorkSafe Victoria all launched ...

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 ...

Brake pads used in wind turbine tower lifts at the Cattle Hill wind farm in central Tasmania were found to contain white asbestos at the end of last week. WorkSafe Victoria and SafeWork New South ...

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 ...

Red flags have been raised over asbestos and other potential health and safety risks during President Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing. “Federal law requires comprehensive asbestos ...

Sen. Edward Markey is asking the contractors if they complied with regulations. Days after the abrupt demolition of the East Wing of the White House, critics are questioning whether the Trump ...

A program that has helped provide housing to more than 50 central Ohio LGBTQ+ youth who were experiencing homelessness is ending. Kaleidoscope Youth Center’s Housing Program is closing after a grant ...