The following information for the UAB community has been gathered to inform our students, faculty, staff and guests regarding the presence of asbestos-containing material (ACM) in some buildings on ...

Kansas City, MO - February 25, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - ABC Environmental Contracting Services KC today highlighted the ...

France has halted sand toy sales for asbestos checks, while the UK has recalled a sand art kit over possible contamination.

Workplace safety is a constant balance between the costs of preventative measures and industry’s need for productivity and profitability. As a case study of this tradeoff, the asbestos tragedy offers ...

Another week, another slate of asbestos-related stories. Despite having been banned for 20 years now, asbestos seems to be cropping up in the news more than ever. From cases of sudden and debilitating ...

Over 125 million people are exposed to asbestos each year, and a large number of those incidents occur on the job. The importance of occupational safety can oftentimes be overlooked when so many other ...

The Asbestos Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program has been developed and written by the university’s Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S) and is the campus standard for O&M activities ...

Exposure to asbestos continues to be an issue that construction workers face. Here are safety protocols they can follow to limit their risk. Exposure to asbestos, a known human carcinogen, has been an ...

Contractors at the Capitol Power Plant utility tunnels were exposed to asbestos for almost a month while working without proper safety equipment, according to two tunnel safety reports and internal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Days after the abrupt demolition of the East Wing of the White House, critics are questioning whether the Trump administration and ...

Asbestos is the generic name for several types of minerals that occur naturally in the Earth's surface. Asbestos became popular in building materials during the late 1800s because of it's fire and ...

It is important to make sure workers are made aware of any presumed asbestos-containing materials found in buildings if they were built and installed before the 1980s. The importance of occupational ...