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In wake of asbestos loan, a renewed call for global ban

In the wake of the announcement by the Quebec government that it will lend $58 million to an asbestos producer ...

Judge sentences contractors who left asbestos trail in public schools

Two Massachusetts asbestos contractors who never registered with the state and ran their business out of their home pleaded guilty ...
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Researchers say taconite’s link to high rates of mesothelioma may be hard to prove

A nearly $5 million study of taconite miners in Minnesota’s Iron Range may never prove a link between high rates ...

Annual mesothelioma symposium includes plea for more research funding

At an annual mesothelioma symposium in Washington, D.C., health advocates representing victims of the deadly disease and their families asked ...

Emerson College settles complaint that contractor mishandled asbestos during renovation

Emerson College and a Massachusetts construction company will each pay $250,000 to settle a complaint that a demolition project at ...

Government loan resuscitates Quebec's asbestos industry

A $58 million government loan to reopen the Jeffrey Mine could extend the life of Canada's last remaining source of ...

Memo reveals Canada knew asbestos risks while fighting tighter export rules

For more than a decade, the Canadian government has repeatedly blocked United Nations guidelines on asbestos exports, even after acknowledging ...

Indictment accuses contractors of hiring inmates to illegally remove asbestos

Two New Jersey men have been indicted on charges that they hired untrained day laborers, including inmates from a halfway ...

Mesothelioma added to diseases covered by 9/11 fund

Mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, is among 50 different types of cancer that will be covered ...

Critics slam proposed asbestos bill, say victims will die before their claims are processed

Proposed legislation requiring asbestos bankruptcy trusts to open their books to defendants in civil lawsuits will overwhelm the claims process ...