As Canada announces a total ban on asbestos, Canadian Geographic looks back at its early coverage of the ‘magic’ mineral, from the days when its dangers were unknown or ignored Three miners pause to ...
When Dan Soliday was a kid in the 1960s, he and his friends sometimes played at the expansive quarry near his home in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Now, he’s scared for his 3-year-old ...
A piece of serpentine rock. (Photo courtesy of Naomi Hisanaga of Aichi Gakusen University) SAITAMA -- A landscape gardener here has been awarded workers' compensation after it was recognized that he ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put to myriad industrial uses. Nearly ...
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Arkansas Department of Transportation reopens building after weeklong closure over asbestos testing
The Arkansas Department of Transportation reopened its headquarters in Little Rock on Wednesday, a week after air quality ...
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