Asbestos is the generic name given to a group of naturally occurring, fibrous minerals with high tensile strength, flexibility, and resistance to heat, chemicals, and electricity. Although exposure to ...

New data highlight differences in preparedness, training, and employer trust as Gen Z and millennial workers encounter legacy hazards on older job sites. Skilled trades are undergoing a generational ...

A preliminary review conducted by Telstra, in reaction to community concern over how contractors were handling asbestos found in Telstra pits and ducts that were being remediated for the National ...

The workers sat down in the makeshift classroom, prepared to learn how to safely remove cancer-causing asbestos. Instead, the instructor turned on a video of the 2004 action flick “Van Helsing.” The ...

What is asbestos? Ed Edinger, Asbestos Training Project owner, gives us an up-close look at one of the most commonly used types of asbestos. Contractors must remove all asbestos from a home they plan ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – For the first time ever, Letterkenny Army Depot’s Safety Office and Directorate of Public Works ...

Anyone involved in manufacturing or production should be intimately aware of the legacy of asbestos. The diseases most commonly associated with the mineral - asbestosis and mesothelioma - commonly ...

San Diego City Councilman Chris Ward wants more information about the health risks confronted by thousands of San Diego Firefighters exposed to potentially dangerous amounts of cancer-causing asbestos ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on Friday that he obtained two guilty pleas from Tacoma business owners who allegedly sold substandard asbestos ...

Nearly 150 firefighters may have inhaled asbestos at a training exercise at two abandoned houses in Snohomish. The Daily Herald in Everett has reported a private company tested the two houses before ...