Duke pulmonary pathologist Dr. Victor Roggli wasn’t supposed to live past age 12. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 7, he ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020, the latest year for which this data is available, 2,681 new cases of mesothelioma were reported in the United States, and ...

Testing Thursday found that the air flowing around Fort Morgan High School was free of contamination from asbestos particles, according to Dr. James Hammack, Morgan County School District Re-3 ...

A state appeals court panel has rejected an attempt by the family of a woman who died from cancer to link her fatal disease to a popular brand of talcum powder she used nearly every day for 24 years.

A senior chief cryptologic technician pipes during the Navy Reserve Center change of command ceremony at U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs, Aug. 13, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief ...

There’s a new dust-up in a decades-old dispute over asbestos releases from a Silver Bay taconite plant. Attorneys for Northshore Mining asked a federal judge in St. Paul on Thursday to either overturn ...

This diagram highlights common places asbestos can hide in the home. Asbestos.com editor Walter Pacheco said those most likely to be exposed to asbestos are people doing do-it-yourself home ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — Asbestos particles found on the gym floor at Highland Park Middle School in Beaverton prompted school officials to cancel Friday classes. The school was shut down as a safety ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has detected particulate matter from smoke in the air near an ongoing plastics fire in Indiana, officials said Wednesday, raising fears that cancer-causing toxins ...

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WJAR) — School is almost done in Cumberland, but there's a plan for a busy summer after asbestos was found in several schools. Teachers were told they'll need to pack up so work can ...

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