The workers’ union alleges the highly-dangerous material was found in brake pads used inside wind turbines in a shipment at Geelong Port this week. Import of asbestos has been banned in Australia ...

A cargo ship carrying asbestos-containing wind turbine lift brake pads is docked at the port of Geelong in south-west Victoria. Energy company Vestas says it placed the order for lift brake pads from ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Anthony Linton is senior staff specialist in medical oncology at the Concord Cancer Centre in Concord Repatriation General Hospital. He is also the research director at the Asbestos and Dust Diseases ...

The speedy demolition of the East Wing of the White House last week has health advocates and Democratic lawmakers seeking answers about what efforts were taken, if any, to keep workers and passersby ...

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 ...

Democratic senators and public health advocates are demanding that the White House and its contractors prove their rapid demolition of the East Wing last week did not expose workers and passersby to ...

This chapter looks at Americans’ exposure to artificial intelligence and views on its use in their lives. How much have Americans heard about AI and how often do they think they interact with it? How ...

Cybersecurity-awareness training might not help employees avoid phishing attacks, a recent study suggests. The study involved nearly 20,000 employees at UC San Diego Health, a large California ...