The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding ...

Is it possible for a single mineral to spark decades of courtroom drama, industry lobbying, and fierce public health debate? The answer, as the ongoing saga of chrysotile asbestos in the United States ...

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S.

Primarily associated with asbestos exposure, mesothelioma is a fatal type of cancer most commonly induced by dangerous working conditions. Seeking compensation in the claim for damages is one of the ...

The EPA under President Trump says it will review a Biden-era ban on chrysotile asbestos, the last form still legally used in the U.S.—but the policy remains in place for now.

Asbestos mining sickened generations of people in Libby, Montana. Now, a lawsuit has shut down a clinic set up to help them, even as others continue to be diagnosed.

Billion-dollar companies are using Charlotte’s bankruptcy court to dodge lawsuits from thousands of people who were sickened by asbestos, families and their lawyers say. Using a controversial ...

The Ohio House passed a bill making asbestos lawsuits harder to win, over objections from veterans and firefighters. It now returns to the Senate for a concurrence vote on House changes.

Lung cancer that's caused by asbestos exposure can be horribly devastating, especially when the disease results from unsafe ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Supreme Court reversed the appellate court’s dismissal of an employee’s lawsuit alleging an aircraft turbines manufacturing firm, the corporate successor of the ...

Clarence Borel, the first person to file a lawsuit against a company for asbestos-related injuries, died today 55 years ago. Borel was a union worker living Groves who worked as an insulator in ...