"Failure to make determinations on or to produce documents requested in plaintiff’s FOIA requests within the time limits set ...

A Loews Corp. insurance unit is seeking to limit its liability for claims brought by workers and family members who said they were exposed to asbestos from a nickel refinery in Louisiana dating back ...

After multiple failed attempts by Johnson & Johnson to move its talc litigation into bankruptcy, ovarian cancer claims are once again advancing in courts across the country. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2025 ...

The workers’ union alleges the highly-dangerous material was found in brake pads used inside wind turbines in a shipment at Geelong Port this week. Import of asbestos has been banned in Australia ...

A cargo ship carrying asbestos-containing wind turbine lift brake pads is docked at the port of Geelong in south-west Victoria. Energy company Vestas says it placed the order for lift brake pads from ...

Asbestos contamination in talc products is a complicated topic. Since the monumental Johnson & Johnson lawsuits over the years (which resulted in historic payouts: $4.96 billion to a group of 22 women ...

Manitoba is updating its regulations governing the handling of asbestos to protect workers from dangerous exposure to the material, the leading cause of work-place related deaths in the province, the ...

A third Australian renewable energy company has confirmed the presence of white asbestos in wind turbine lift brake pads supplied by Chinese company 3S Industry. An anti-asbestos advocate says ...

The agency said it planned to craft a more comprehensive rule, but the move alarmed public health advocates, who have long worked to eliminate asbestos in consumer products. By Roni Caryn Rabin The ...

The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday. The Food and Drug ...

The Food and Drug Administration said today it is abruptly withdrawing its proposed rule that would have created approved, standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing ...