HSE Starts 'Hidden Killer' Asbestos Campaign At a large trade show this week and in national radio advertisements, the British OSH agency is urging renovation contractors and workers to be aware of ...

The following information for the UAB community has been gathered to inform our students, faculty, staff and guests regarding the presence of asbestos-containing material (ACM) in some buildings on ...

The first week of April was again designated National Asbestos Awareness Week by a resolution passed in the U.S. Senate. Apr 06, 2017 Asbestos remains a problem, and the two U.S. senators from Montana ...

Workplace safety is a constant balance between the costs of preventative measures and industry’s need for productivity and profitability. As a case study of this tradeoff, the asbestos tragedy offers ...

A doctor in the US who found asbestos in his son's sandpit tried in vain to get stronger regulations. Almost 40 years later ...

Manufacturers of baby powder and cosmetic products made with talc will have to test them for asbestos under a proposal announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency's proposal comes ...

The Environmental Working Group is criticizing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency abruptly withdrew a ...

The Bates College asbestos program is managed by the Facility Services Department. More information about that can be found here. The major route of exposure from asbestos is through inhalation, ...

The Asbestos Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program has been developed and written by the university’s Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S) and is the campus standard for O&M activities ...

A British court Feb. 1 fined an egg carton manufacturer 50,000 (U.S. $88,908) in penalties and ordered the company to pay prosecution costs of 86,000 (U.S. $152,923) for asbestos safety violations.