The chief judge of New York’s controversial asbestos court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who claimed his cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos fibers in floor tiles, in a significant ruling ...

Manufacturers of baby powder and cosmetic products made with talc will have to test them for asbestos under a proposal announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency's proposal comes ...

WASHINGTON - Laboratory tests of talc-based cosmetics products, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group, found asbestos - a deadly human carcinogen for which there is no safe level of exposure ...

(Reuters) - An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject long-held industry positions and reflect those of public ...

Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as ...

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that its baby powder contained asbestos, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters. The documents said from at least 1971 to the early 2000s the powders ...

Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as ...