Between 1999 and 2017, Ohio recorded 12,697 asbestos-related deaths. That number includes 2,353 mesothelioma deaths and 996 asbestosis deaths. In Sandusky County alone, 104 people died from ...

In a historic move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, the deadly carcinogen still used in some parts of the U.S. chemical industry. The ban will apply ...

TUSTIN, Calif. (KABC) -- Public schools and parks in the city of Tustin are closed after air quality experts detected asbestos near the historic air hangar that burned down earlier this week. Asbestos ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - Kilgore’s historic Crim Theater now sits free from asbestos and empty, awaiting a decision on what, if anything, it will become. A block away, Kilgore’s Texan Theater is now a ...

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PATERSON — Federal environmental officials on Monday will start removing asbestos and other hazardous materials from industrial ruins near the Great Falls, indefinitely delaying the opening of a $7.6 ...

MASON — As election officials ramp up for the approaching general election, the Ingham County Clerk’s Mason office has closed until further notice due to an asbestos discovery. The Mason Historical ...

Ralph Hutt worked at the W.R. Grace Co. vermiculite mill in Libby for just 18 months in 1968 and 1969. His father helped him get the job. Originally, he was given a paper mask to fight against the ...

For a time, it wasn’t a sure thing that Frankford High’s grand, Gothic Revival building would ever reopen — extensive asbestos damage shut the school in 2023, and officials feared they would have to ...

Asbestos exposure can cause serious illnesses many years after it occurs. Diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestos lung ...