While the International Agency for Research on Cancer only goes as far as to say talc is "probably" carcinogenic, asbestos found in talc does cause cancer. It's been around since the 1890s, used in ...

The shuttered PeaceHealth University District hospital in Eugene contains extensive hazardous asbestos that will take months to remove before the place can be demolished and replaced with student ...

London — Thousands of people in the United Kingdom have filed a joint legal claim estimated to be worth more than £1 billion ($1.34 billion) against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the U.S. pharmaceutical ...

Long before she joined a major legal case for asbestos victims, Joyce Walder had a bold streak, according to her sister, Judith Hemphill. On a recent Monday in October, walking through the forests of ...

Wittenoom's traditional owners are preparing to sue the WA government over the remaining piles of asbestos tailings around the town site. Blue asbestos mining at Wittenoom from the 1940s to 1960s has ...

Mara Silvers Montana Free Press Oct 20, 2025 Oct 20, 2025 LIBBY — Long before she joined a major legal case for asbestos victims, Joyce Walder had a bold streak, according to her sister, Judith ...

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) — The work to cleanup 7,000 cubic yards of “asbestos-containing waste material” at the site of the demolished Webster Mill in North Attleboro has been placed on pause.

Work on a new downtown park in Toms River was halted due to asbestos contamination concerns. State officials shut down the site after two older homes were demolished by public works employees. The ...

A panel of federal judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of arguments from lawyers for two deceased plaintiffs that railroad giant BNSF Railway is liable for past asbestos contamination at its rail ...

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Some 3,000 people have alleged that either they or a family member developed forms of ovarian cancer or mesothelioma from using Johnson's Baby Powder, and are seeking damages at the High Court in ...