The following information for the UAB community has been gathered to inform our students, faculty, staff and guests regarding the presence of asbestos-containing material (ACM) in some buildings on ...

Workplace safety is a constant balance between the costs of preventative measures and industry’s need for productivity and profitability. As a case study of this tradeoff, the asbestos tragedy offers ...

Over 125 million people are exposed to asbestos each year, and a large number of those incidents occur on the job. The importance of occupational safety can oftentimes be overlooked when so many other ...

Dr. Irving J. Selikoff told more than 400 scientists at the Conference on the Biological Effects of Asbestos in October 1964 that asbestos was killing workers. “Dr. Selikoff's meeting in 1964 is the ...

The Asbestos Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program has been developed and written by the university’s Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S) and is the campus standard for O&M activities ...

Contractors at the Capitol Power Plant utility tunnels were exposed to asbestos for almost a month while working without proper safety equipment, according to two tunnel safety reports and internal ...

Asbestos is the generic name for several types of minerals that occur naturally in the Earth's surface. Asbestos became popular in building materials during the late 1800s because of it's fire and ...

France has halted sand toy sales for asbestos checks, while the UK has recalled a sand art kit over possible contamination.

The work went ahead in Staffordshire despite workers knowing asbestos existed there, inspectors say.

Kansas City, MO - February 25, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - ABC Environmental Contracting Services KC today highlighted the ...

It is important to make sure workers are made aware of any presumed asbestos-containing materials found in buildings if they were built and installed before the 1980s. The importance of occupational ...