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

Over 50 health and environmental rights advocates push for testing, certification, and labeling of asbestos-free sand toys. 9 March 2026, Quezon City.  In ...

Asbestos, known for causing mesothelioma, was used in a wide range of products in the 20th century. Asbestos was used in a wide range of products in the 20th century, from construction materials, to ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills tens of ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, ...

When a product is officially recalled in the UK because it may contain asbestos, it often needs to be returned through the supply chain. This can involve storing the goods in a warehouse and opening ...

For Linda Reinstein, asbestos is personal. Her husband, Alan Reinstein, died of mesothelioma, a cancer often caused by exposure to the mineral commonly used in insulations, fire retarders and other ...

With WWII approaching, the U.S. military resorted to asbestos products in an effort to respond to the increasing demands for military equipment. While asbestos became the go-to material of wartime ...

In 2019, the court in Safer Chemicals Healthy Families v. EPA, 943 F.3d 397 (9th Cir. 2019), held that EPA’s risk evaluation rule for asbestos should not have ...

Over the last century, the U.S. military primarily used asbestos because the World War II war effort needed cheap materials to mass-produce equipment quickly. Manufacturers wanted to profit from the ...

Asbestos exposure can cause serious illnesses many years after it occurs. Diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer often develop 20 to 50 years after exposure, which means workers ...