Asbestos brake linings and blocks are currently used in heavy vehicle brake repair shops (BRSs) in Bogotá, Colombia. Some brake products are sold detached from their ...

After a three-week trial in a Little Rock federal courtroom, a jury awarded more than $18.5 million Tuesday to the family of a man who worked at a brake shop in the city in the 1970s, exposing him to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A MECHANIC who spent his career working on asbestos brake linings has won a landmark legal case against manufacturer James Hardie after ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of ...

The decedent, Joan Smith, died from mesothelioma allegedly caused by secondary exposure to asbestos through laundering her husband’s work clothing. From 1969 through 1993, Mr. Smith was employed as a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Perth motor mechanic has been awarded $840,000 compensation for exposure to asbestos in brake linings while working at two Ford car ...

Automakers say the federal government`s asbestos ban isn`t a major problem, but car buyers will have to pay for the switch to other components. The asbestos ruling, announced recently by the ...

Rick Garant can vividly recall the asbestos-filled dust that swirled around the old brake factory where he worked in Tilbury, Ont., near Windsor, in the 1980s. "White masks used to go black by the end ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. AUSTRALIAN defence personnel are at risk of exposure to deadly asbestos because the defence forces still use it, health groups and ...

Despite rising fears of asbestos-related illnesses, imports of products containing asbestos show little sign of slowing. According to Statistics Canada figures, imports of asbestos-related items rose ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. AUSTRALIAN defence personnel are at risk of exposure to deadly asbestos because the defence forces still use it, health groups and ...