Vermiculite is a popular soil additive that improves soil quality and helps seedlings root. It is a naturally occurring ...

The Cayuga County Legislature chair says "all options" are on the table for the future of the county office building, which ...

A suite of bills that critics say could make it harder to sue corporations faced strong opposition from Libby residents at a Montana Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. House Bills 301, 302 ...

This insurance-coverage dispute involved alleged asbestos exposure from asbestos-containing vermiculite mined from Vermiculite Mountain outside ...

When manufacturers of asbestos-containing products file for bankruptcy, they must set aside compensation for current and future asbestos victims in asbestos trust funds. As of March 2025, an estimated ...

That mine is the home of the nation's largest Superfund site because the vermiculite minerals were contaminated with a highly toxic form of asbestos known as Libby Amphibole asbestos. For years ...

More than 550 employees who worked at two ABC studios in Melbourne have been listed on a confidential asbestos register documenting those who were potentially exposed to the deadly material.

The stonemason from Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, is among a rising number of British men falling victim to what is being dubbed the "new asbestos". Silicosis is an incurable disease caused by ...

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

The Libby area was declared a Superfund site two decades ago following media reports that mine workers and their families were getting sick and dying due to asbestos dust from vermiculite that was ...

Lawmakers said this week that they hope the ban will reduce cancer deaths and prevent cases of lung, ovarian, colorectal, ...