WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear an appeal by W.R. Grace & Co. over the company's alleged release of asbestos from a Montana mine.
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.
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.
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.
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- W.R. Grace and Co. has been indicted for knowingly endangering the residents of Libby, Mont., with its mining operation, the Justice Department said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- New American Thoracic Society guidelines recommend using lung function tests and an expansive work history to help diagnose asbestos-related disease.
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) --
