Scientists are exploring ways to use mineral waste from mines to pull huge amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air. On a scorching day this August, Caleb Woodall wielded his shovel like a spear, ...

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Karen Lee Morrissette, MD, explores the impact of administrative and legal issues on the identification and prevention of ...

The Cassiar asbestos mine in B.C. closed back in 1992, but decades later, the B.C. Mining Law Reform Network says it remains among the most polluted mine sites in the province. The mine recently made ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Blowing dust is a major concern for neighbors in Las Vegas. The cleanup of the old Three Kids Mine and the asbestos and toxic metals there is well underway. After years of ...

Scientists say naturally occurring asbestos has huge potential as a carbon sink. Asbestos is dangerous in many kinds of exposure, but still mined and manufactured into certain goods. The fibers react ...

MONTPELIER -- The Vermont Health Department has agreed to further investigate the possible health risks of a closed asbestos mine, following criticism over an earlier report that erroneously found a ...

The Quebec town is home to one of the world’s largest former asbestos mines. Residents voted to rename the town Val-des-Sources, or Valley of the Springs. By Marie Fazio Asbestos, a Quebec town that ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A federal judge has dismissed part of a criminal charge against W.R. Grace & Co. and some former top officials that alleged they knowingly endangered miners and area residents ...

When one of the world’s largest asbestos mines closed in Asbestos, Quebec, in 2012, it marked an end to more than 100 years of asbestos mining in the region. The town where it was located has ...

For a town once named after a notoriously lethal mineral, the debate over how to rebrand the Quebec city of Asbestos was a toxic one. Established more than 120 years ago, following the discovery of a ...

Sundi and 17 others from a clutch of impoverished villages near the abandoned hilltop mines were diagnosed in 2012 with asbestosis, a fatal lung disease. One has since died. Tens of thousands more ...