Once widely used in construction projects across the UK, asbestos has been fully banned since 1999. The dangers of this ...

Homes built during certain eras may be worth less than those built at other times because of the way different materials ...

For decades, a laboratory procedure known as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been used to test for asbestos in samples taken at construction sites. In 1989, the U.S. Environmental ...

Q: The home inspector I hired never mentioned that the floor tiles and air duct insulation contain asbestos. Shouldn't he have pointed this out? A: Asbestos is generally regarded as “outside the ...

New Zealand’s WorkSafe guidelines require asbestos removal to be carried out only by licensed contractors who follow strict safety, disposal and monitoring procedures. Certified assessors must also ...

Residents of the town of Asbestos in the Canadian province of Quebec have voted to rename their community in a move to distance it from the once-ubiquitous mineral now recognized as being extremely ...