SEOUL, South Korea -- Facilities built throughout the Army before the 1980s often contain asbestos in one form or another. Asbestos was commonly used due to its resistance to fire, heat, electrical ...

The presence of asbestos may cause alarm, but it is only in one specific form that it poses health risks. Asbestos is the name given to a group of naturally occurring minerals that are resistant to ...

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza has unleashed yet another deadly, but silent enemy on the people there – asbestos. A mineral that poses little risk to humans when undisturbed but that is ...