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 ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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 ...

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 ...

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The front office of the Executive Inn on Anderson Road in Rock Hill was demolished in March. ANDY BURRISS [email protected] When a wrecking crew took out the office building at the old ...

A former state inspector and school workers are claiming asbestos was being yanked out of a ceiling where food is prepared at a New Mexico elementary school."It was standard routine. If you came ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO — 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 half a century ...

SACRAMENTO — 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 half a century ...

SACRAMENTO — 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 half a century ...