Get your refund! Tainted toys based on the popular television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation contain asbestos and, now, you can get a refund.

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana, a federal public health emergency, pledging an additional $125 million to expedite the cleanup of the 2,600-resident town, the Associated Press reports.

The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Traveler Companies, Inc. by finding a lower court erred in overturning the approval of the company's nearly $500 million settlement of asbestos-related litigation.

Rochester contractor has been charged for a possible asbestos exposure in a local school and hospital area. People in the area may have been exposed to asbestos because of the contractor.

According to Winston Salem Journal Fort Bragg barracks will be torn down in North Carolina after Asbestos and other harmful material removal.

Asbestos cancer litigation disaster for investors could be repeated with Nanotechnology unless SEC and FASB close eight major loopholes now preventing honest disclosures. Investor Environmental Health Network Analysis finds disturbing Asbestos-Nanotech parallels that could saddle investors with a major new round of costly mega-litigation.

Australian building manufacturer James Hardie, has confirmed it will not be making a payment to the asbestos compensation fund in the next financial year, because it says it does not have the money.

The Asbestos Research Group, offering hope to sufferers of asbestos-related diseases, was launched at The Wesley Research Institute today.

A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.

The discovery of the presence of airborne asbestos in a middle school in Montclair, New Jersey Friday prompted the evacuation of over 200 students from the school and the school's closure. Renaissance Middle School, part of the Montclair Public Schools in New Jersey, was closed Monday and remains closed Tuesday while undergoing asbestos testing and cleaning.

The Scientology cult's 440-foot long luxury cruise ship, MV Freewinds, has been locked down by public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, after local contractors doing repair work noticed widespread blue asbestos contamination. One Curaçao paper pointed out that Scientology officials had known about the contamination since at least 2001, yet had done nothing.

LegalView.com, the number one resource for everything legal on the Web, recently reported on its mesothelioma blog that federal funds were denied to cleanup an asbestos-tainted town in Arkansas.