SEOUL: Samsung's hopes offending years of acrimony over whether its computer chip factories caused cancer have hit a hitch: some sickened workers and their families say they'll never accept its highly conditional offer of financial assistance. As recently as the...

by Laurie Kazan-Allen November is asbestos awareness month in Australia. Personal initiatives taking place this month – from blue lamington drives to afternoon teas – are complimented by more formal activities such as public outreach projects on the east coast...

by Dr. Sophia Kisting It is 15 years since that most dramatic gathering in Osasco, Brazil where asbestos workers and their families as well as asbestos activists, concerned government members, asbestos researchers and care givers came to share their life experiences....

by Laurie Kazan-Allen This month we mark the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking Global Asbestos Congress 2000: Past, Present and Future [Congresso Mundial do Amianto: Passado, Presente e Futuro] (GAC 2000) which took place over four days (September 17-20, 2000)...

NIEHS welcomed Qamar Rahman, Ph.D., for a July 8 talk on the challenges faced by Indian women in the workplace, titled “Women! A Vulnerable Population in Occupational Settings.” Rahman highlighted her motivation to give back to her community by working to improve the...