Belgium has issued a warning through the European Safety Gate system for dangerous non-food products regarding brake pads containing the carcinogenic substance asbestos, which are being sold on the popular Chinese webshop AliExpress. Since 1998, the production, trade, or reuse of materials containing asbestos has been banned in Belgium. Further, from 2002 onwards, their production, […]
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David Kinley’s book, In a Rain of Dust, tells a Dickensian tale of men and women killed by the mining of asbestos and the lawyer who fought for them. Today, business and human rights is a well-accepted field of study promulgated by academics, industry and civil society groups around the world. But in the mid-1990s, when a […]
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82% Say Testing Should Be Legally Required Before a Sale or Renovation as Rebuilds, Renovations, and Buyer Scrutiny Fuel Growing Concern AUSTIN, Texas, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new national survey commissioned by Asbestos Claims.Law reveals that asbestos, long considered a legacy hazard, is quietly becoming a modern real estate risk. More than one-third […]
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Asbestos, the mineral linked to the development of mesothelioma, was used extensively in construction until the mid-1970s, when its dangers were made public. Though its use has stopped, legacy asbestos installed decades ago remains in place. A recently published South Korean study examined whether glove bags — flexible plastic enclosures with built-in gloves that create isolated […]
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Federal health officials are scrutinizing a mineral—added to some makeup, medications, and foods—that many people have never thought twice about: talc. In a recent viewpoint article called “Priorities for a New FDA,” published in the medical journal JAMA, Dr. Martin Makary, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Dr. Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s Chief Medical […]
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An investigation has launched into the death of Gerald Cook, known as Bruce, who died from asbestos-related cancer. Gerald Cook, known as Bruce, died of mesothelioma, a terminal form of cancer of the lining of the lung associated to asbestos exposure, often decades previously. After the 82-year-old’s death in October 2024, his family asked specialist […]
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SafeWork SA is warning home renovators looking to tackle a DIY project this Easter long weekend to be aware of the deadly danger posed by asbestos still present in thousands of South Australian homes. Asbestos materials can be disturbed very easily when doing home renovations. Even something as simple as drilling a hole in the […]
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“Dangerous” parts of a locomotive works that played a key role in the development of railways in Britain are to be knocked down to make way for houses. The Machine Shop and Smith’s Shop in Newcastle will be demolished as part of the Founder’s Place scheme being built behind the city’s central station. The buildings […]
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GREENFIELD — Hazardous materials crews have cleared asbestos from the former Zion Korean Church in accordance with an agreement between a farm owner in Barre and Franklin County’s YMCA to move the historic building in the months ahead, saving it from demolition. The Historical Commission announced that the contract had been signed at its meeting […]
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