WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Vermiculite mined in Libby, Mont., and distributed nationwide was contaminated with amphibole asbestos which has been linked to lung disease, officials said.
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.
THETFORD MINES, Quebec, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Homes in a mining center in Quebec are severely contaminated with asbestos, a report released Wednesday said.
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Crumbled asbestos was found in tunnels running through the U.S. Government Printing Office and cleaned up without public mention.
WASHINGTON, March 28 (UPI) -- Workers who must go into the tunnels under the U.S. Capitol say they risk a slow death from asbestos-related disease.
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.
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.
SACRAMENTO, July 13 (UPI) -- A University of California-Davis study indicates low-level, non-workplace exposure to naturally occurring asbestos is dangerous.
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) --
