Gasket manufacturer Garlock Technologies has sued four prominent asbestos law firms for fraud as it awaits a bankruptcy judge's decision on how much money the company must set aside to settle ...

“Today’s rule is a positive first step to give all Americans a future free of exposure to asbestos—a carcinogen that has killed far too many,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore, said in a statemen ...

But the EPA's ban targets certain products that still carry asbestos, including some gaskets and aftermarket automotive products. It also phases out the use of asbestos diaphragms by the chlor ...

the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United States. The substance is found in products such as brake linings and gaskets and is used to manufacture chlorine bleach and sodium hydroxide ...

The vehicles have engine and exhaust gaskets that contain asbestos, a known carcinogen that is prohibited in Australia. Both manufacturers have been directed to stop selling the affected vehicles ...

Early automobile gaskets like the one recovered from the site monitoring visit were very frequently manufactured with asbestos. Asbestos was used in many products during the first half of the 20th ...

The brands have since found an alternative, asbestos-free, supplier of the gaskets and production has resumed to keep pace with Australian deliveries. “Everything we import now from China is ...

Hennessy countered that the machine could also be used with asbestos-free brake linings and that the Tellez-Cordova exception was, therefore, inapplicable. The Court of Appeal rejected Hennessy ...

He said the asbestos-tainted gaskets were unknowingly imported, but 425 swabs taken at the Brisbane construction site had come back negative for asbestos. The Royal Adelaide building consortium ...