A DEQ contractor later tested the four remaining motel buildings in mid-2020 and turned up chrysotile asbestos in the interior ceiling plaster, wallboard and exterior ceiling materials for three ...

Amid the "Wicked" buzz, viewers are revisiting "The Wizard of Oz," only to learn of unsettling allegations about its production.

Chrysotile asbestos is the only kind of asbestos still used in the U.S. and is linked to nearly 40,000 deaths every year. It has also been known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, and ovarian ...

By banning chrysotile, the last form of asbestos still in use within the country, the U.S. finally joins more than 50 other countries that have already prohibited it. However, because asbestos was ...

A Lafayette-based demolition contractor has agreed to pay a $21,500 fine to settle accusations it demolished the old Cypress ...

"We're the only Western industrial nation not to completely ban asbestos," she told the BBC. On Monday, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the ban applied only to chrysotile asbestos, also known ...

A Top End council will spend the equivalent of one-eighth of its annual income removing and remediating stockpiles of asbestos-contaminated concrete waste at two of its municipal tips, documents show.

So if you have talc in the earth, you could also have asbestos too. Chrysotile asbestos as it is found in nature Even though some companies have thorough testing methods, because of their close ...

Discontinued uses of asbestos and the disposal of products once made with the cancer-causing mineral have so much potential ...

"It'll be a nice Christmas present," he said. The town of Asbestos thrived for over a century on the chrysotile asbestos manufactured at its open-pit mine. The mine suspended operations in 2011.

Testing by Canadian military experts in June 2022, reportedly found chrysotile asbestos in 10% of its samples. The MoD said it took the health and safety of its troops seriously. It added it could ...

This includes construction material like asbestos cement (AC), which are still a common sight on buildings and sheds in the West as well. Within the serpentine subgroup we find chrysotile ...