— A Parchment resident claims a city official lied to him about the presence of asbestos-covered piping at the shuttered paper mill next to his property on Sanford Street. David Schafer said he has ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in an April 25th Federal Register notice requests comment on an Alternative Work Practice (“AWP”) to: . . . use new technology and work ...

You may have noticed people in protective suits and masks working on Superior Street in recent days. Licensed contractors who specialize in asbestos abatement have been on the job, helping the city of ...

OTSEGO, MI – The former owner of the Rock-Tenn paper mill site has been charged in a five-count indictment accusing him of violating the federal Clean Air Act. The indictment, which was filed Friday ...

A broken pipe at Paulsboro High School caused the school's computer network to go down and an emergency asbestos cleanup to be ordered, according to school administration. A hot water pipe broke in ...

I was under the impression that the owner of a single family home is allowed to remove a certain amount of asbestos pipe insulation, like 25′. I can’t find anything at nyc.gov to confirm or deny.

Two brothers, who federal authorities say put workers’ health at risk in the illegal removal of asbestos, were ordered Monday to pay fines and perform community service. Rezart Rakaj, 35, of Ansonia, ...

Demolition worker Henry Aguilar stopped short when he saw cracked floor tile glued to the underside of a carpet he was tearing out of an office in downtown Boston. They were brown and old, signs that ...

You probably don’t think about asbestos exposure very often. The EPA banned its use in 1989, and after all the news articles about how asbestos causes cancer and mesothelioma, who would want to use it ...

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 ...