Students and staff are finally back at the joint Philadelphia high school that was one of the most visible examples of asbestos issues in the city's school buildings. Hundreds of students returned to ...

For much of the 19th and 20th century, the mining and use of asbestos saw near-constant growth, with virtually every material used in the construction of homes, offices, ships, road networks and ...

The asbestos crisis showed what happens when a hidden hazard becomes a legal tidal wave. PFAS is following a disturbingly ...

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats demanded Tuesday that workplace safety officials personally visit Libby, where asbestos from a nearby vermiculite mine has been linked to some 200 deaths. During a ...

At least 12 countries have issued at least 80 recalls or warnings about toys and craft kits made with sand that regulators ...