Jessica Burgoyne, leveraging a deep background in research methods and a passion for legal issues, distills complex legal concepts into accessible insights. With over 100 published articles, her work ...

Asbestos compliance means meeting legal duties that prevent exposure to asbestos fibres, protect anyone who may be affected by work, and keep proof that the right controls were in place. Most UK ...

For years now, asbestos has been a building boogeyman. We know people used to use a lot of this stuff, we know it's bad for people, and we know we're still finding it in old building, requiring ...

Asbestos. It is the basis for the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history, as well as the most expensive. Since the late 1960s, some 850,000 claim­ants have sued for asbestos-related ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering more restrictions on the use of asbestos, the cancer-causing fiber that’s more common in Fort Collins than you might expect. Some uses of asbestos ...

Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

Growing crisis of asbestos being found in mulch has spread to schools in NSW and Queensland. But what are the health risks? Sydney’s escalating asbestos mulch crisis started in early January when a ...

Asbestos could be killing up to four times more people than the government admits, according to new research.

After months of official tests that showed no contamination, city inspectors last week trundled over to the Sheffield, a West After months of official tests that showed no contamination, city ...

Niles Park Ridge District 64 is about 17 years away from removing and replacing tile floors containing asbestos in all of its schools, district officials heard recently. The asbestos does not, however ...

A construction industry worker says he’s “disgusted” at the handling of possible asbestos contamination in products from the country’s largest fire door manufacturer and questions why the alarm wasn’t ...