Former public health officials are blasting the EPA for failing to ban asbestos, saying the agency continues to place American lives at risk for little to no benefit.…
New internal memos show that the EPA disregarded complaints by its own experts when forging ahead with a new asbestos rule which allows manufacturers to seek approval for both new and old uses.…
Sea King helicopters, in service in the U.S. and other navies for decades, may have put those around them at risk of asbestos exposure, the U.K. military warns.…
A new report indicates that between 12,000 and 15,000 people in the U.S. die of asbestos-related illnesses every year.…
The consumer watchdog group Public Citizen warns that an asbestos transparency bill introduced in the House of Representatives does little more than give companies a way to indefinitely delay payments to mesothelioma victims.…
Two electricians, one of whom is deceased, won a $25 million verdict in asbestos exposure mesothelioma lawsuits.…
A San Francisco jury has awarded more than $41 million to a California plumber diagnosed with mesothelioma, including $20 million in punitive damages. …
A Mississippi jury has awarded $322 million in damages to a former oil worker diagnosed with asbestosis, in what is believed to be the largest verdict for an asbestos suit in U.S. history.…
A judge has ordered Travelers insurance to pay $445 million into an asbestos settlement fund, which may end a lawsuit that has dragged through the U.S. court system for years. …
A Maryland contractor has been hit with a $1.2 million fine over illegal asbestos disposal, which is the largest such fine in the state’s history. …
