It-s been decades since asbestos first made headlines as a deadly workplace hazard. Some 200,000 lawsuits are currently pending, and the numbers keep rising every year. Two thousand people a year are ...

WASHINGTON -- Prospects for legislation that would create a $108 billion trust fund for residents of Libby and others who have been sickened by asbestos are bleak. The optimistic Judiciary Committee ...

A bill proposed by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that would set up a $140 billion trust fund to compensate people sickened by exposure to asbestos came under sharp attack from both ...

Asbestos exposure can cause serious illnesses many years after it occurs. Diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer often develop 20 to 50 years after exposure, which means workers ...

HELENA - Sen. Max Baucus is urging creation of a federal "white lung" trust fund to care for people with asbestos diseases. Baucus has asked the director of the Congressional Research Service to ...

The creation of a trust fund to compensate the victims of asbestos-related disease should be a high priority of Congress this year. As a first step, the Senate Judiciary Committee should vote today to ...

American International Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said Monday that a Senate bill to create a trust fund of at least $108 billion to compensate asbestos victims ...

A mesothelioma diagnosis is devastating. This rare and aggressive cancer is caused by exposure to asbestos, and usually takes decades before symptoms appear. For families, the diagnosis brings ...