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A bonfire on a site that contains asbestos was set alight despite warnings over the dangers of doing so. Northern Ireland's ...
The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S.
Effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap topped a different bonfire in south Belfast, while there was condemnation at the ...
The about-face came after a public outcry over plans to reconsider Biden-era restrictions on the carcinogenic material.
The Trump administration has dropped its proposal to alter or delay a ban on the last type of asbestos used in the U.S., ...
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding ...
A new campaign aimed at reducing the risks posed by incorrectly disposed asbestos at the county’s Household Waste Recycling ...
Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said he is “very disappointed” that an Eleventh Night bonfire was lit ...
As reported in our June 28, 2025, blog item, on June 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a motion ...
Cleanup crews contracted by the Army Corp of Engineers dumped asbestos-tainted wildfire debris in landfills that they shouldn ...
The district’s agreement with DOJ to delay prosecution of criminal charges describes asbestos issues at 31 schools.
Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban The EPA will now defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in products like brake ...