WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- W.R. Grace has agreed to pay the largest sum in the history of the U.S. Superfund program to clean up asbestos contamination in Montana.
SEATTLE, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- An asbestos victims organization says it has found asbestos in several toys and consumer products sold in the United States.
NEW YORK, April 30 (UPI) -- A New York landlord hired a marching band to drown out the sound of his tenants protesting asbestos contamination.
IZMIR, Turkey, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A ship riddled with carcinogenic asbestos that was sent from the Netherlands to Turkey to be broken up is on its way back to Amsterdam. Turkish authorities denied the Otapan permission to dock near Izmir because the ship had more asbestos than its owners
TOKYO, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- At least 15,000 Japanese will die from cancer caused by asbestos over the next five years, Japan's environment ministry estimates.
OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Some 20 percent of the roofing tiles used on roofs in Japan are believed to contain some asbestos -- which has been linked to lung disease.
TOKYO, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Japan's government in 1992 dropped a bill to ban the use and sale of asbestos because of opposition of labor unions, it was reported Friday.
SACRAMENTO, July 17 (UPI) -- A new UC-Davis study links natural asbestos to the risk of a rare type of cancer, but says the overall danger is somewhat minimal.
TOKYO, July 7 (UPI) -- At least 233 employees of 11 companies have died of asbestos-related diseases, but the number is expected to increase.
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) --
