In 2024 the US environment agency banned most uses of a solvent that has been widely used for a century. Indira Subramanian explains why, and why the ban might not be enough to halt rising cases of ...

Those are some of the ways veterans are describing toxic exposure screenings they've ... Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; chemical warfare such as using Agent Orange during ...

Akey, who has amassed research linking TCE exposure to multiple myeloma and ... be presumptive if they served in Vietnam or Camp Lejeune [North Carolina]," said Bill Bonk, a former Army officer ...

He then went to Camp Geiger, North Carolina, for Marine Corps Infantry training and on to the Field Radio Operators course in Twentynine Palms, California. In 1990, Vic was deployed to the 3rd Marine ...

We are overwhelmed with grief to share that R. Lorraine Geiger passed away peacefully at home on February 1, 2025 surrounded by her loved ones. With an infectious smile, an endearing personality ...

We aimed to study mortality for asbestos related diseases and the incidence of mesothelioma in a cohort of Italian asbestos cement workers after cessation of asbestos exposure. Methods: The Eternit ...

Families who lived on military bases with asbestos may also be at risk. Their loved ones could have unknowingly carried asbestos fibers home on their clothes, resulting in secondhand exposure.

But for most of the 20th century, U.S. Marines were put at risk of asbestos exposure. Asbestos was used in many products because it resists ... U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, ...

With WWII approaching, the U.S. military resorted to asbestos products in an effort to respond to the increasing demands for military equipment. While asbestos became the go-to material of wartime ...

As illicit use of the drug has spread, it has also permeated prison populations where officers and other employees frequently are exposed to the drug — exposure that can come from inhalation or ...

Lead exposure among Americans has greatly decreased since the 1970s—perhaps by over 95%—but continues to cause long-lasting health problems in some youth and families, especially in under ...

Britain is facing an avalanche of asbestos-related deaths ... It can take 20 to 60 years between exposure and developing symptoms – such as abdominal and chest pains, coughing and breathlessness ...