David Lawrence worked at a builders' merchant cutting up asbestos boards in 1961 A man who said he spent more than a year cutting up asbestos sheets without protective equipment has been awarded a six ...

It can be revealed that Australian Portable Camps, owned by Adelaide businessman Frank Martino, imported 8070 cement sheets into the country during 2010 and 2011, believing they were free of deadly ...

VADODARA: Following the flash floods in north Gujarat, the state government has shifted its focus on reconstruction of houses for those who have been displaced. City-based Occupational and ...

An investigation by Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) into a demolition project at a Seattle apartment building found a total of 19 willful and serious safety and health violations.

Asbestos is costing home owners hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up after shattering in February's Wheatbelt bushfires. Property owners hit with compulsory asbestos clean-up bills after ...

The use of asbestos in roofing sheet plants in Viet Nam has led to severe consequences for workers' health, a workshop in Ha Noi was told on Tuesday. The use of asbestos in roofing sheet plants in ...

People in villages along Bangladesh's coast impacted by saltwater intrusion are facing deadly diseases like cancer because of the growing use of asbestos sheets on the roofs of their homes for ...