SAN DIEGO -- More than one-quarter of tested workers at an Ohio manufacturing plant historically exposed to asbestos-containing vermiculite ore exhibited signs of scarring of the chest wall lining, a ...

Spokane County will pay more than $100,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency for soil testing costs at a former asbestos processing site in the West Central neighborhood. The agreement between ...

Background: Libby, Montana, was home to the largest vermiculite ore mine in the United States. The processing, use, and transport of the ore, which was contaminated with amphibole asbestos, led to ...

According to researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, Mont., have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, for nearly a century, ...

Seven years ago last week, W.R. Grace & Co. filed for bankruptcy protection against 112,000 lawsuits filed on behalf of people who had been sickened or killed because of exposure to asbestos in ...

Workers exposed to low levels of an asbestos-like mineral from Montana more than two decades ago are at an increased risk for lung disease today, according to new research. They show a high prevalence ...

The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time has declared a public health emergency in a contaminated community, targeting a Montana town Wednesday for immediate federal attention and up to ...

CINCINNATI—Workers exposed to low levels of an asbestos-like mineral from Montana more than two decades ago are at an increased risk for lung disease today, according to research from the University ...