LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs.

Michael Harbut, M.D., the co-director of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) and chief of the Center for Occupational and ...

Removing asbestos from an old building can be hazardous and expensive. So what happens if the ground outside is covered with the stuff for miles around? That’s what a team of UNLV geologists is trying ...

The company has 11,000 lawsuits related to asbestos-tinged baby powder pending. A California jury awarded $29 million on Wednesday to a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming that asbestos in its ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

Depending on your perspective, hearing that something is “the next asbestos” fills you with either great joy or great trepidation. For trial attorneys looking to replace the cash cow of asbestos ...

For years now, asbestos has been a building boogeyman. We know people used to use a lot of this stuff, we know it's bad for people, and we know we're still finding it in old building, requiring ...

Talc is a naturally occurring, soft silicate mineral that is mined from the earth. Its chemical name is hydrous magnesium silicate. In finely powdered form, talc absorbs moisture well and helps cut ...

Government lawyers told an appellate court panel in Seattle on Monday that unless several lower-court decisions are overturned, it will be impossible to properly prosecute W.R. Grace & Co. on charges ...

It was the mid-1980s, and Terry Trent and his wife, Carol Adams, had broken ground for their dream home. Atop a hill east of Sacramento, Calif., the remote, 10-acre site in the Sierra foothills ...

In late June 2025, a rumor spread online that the Environmental Protection Agency, under U.S. President Donald Trump, planned to reverse a ban on asbestos, a toxic, cancer-causing mineral once widely ...