Question: I’m taking up a tile floor and need to dispose of it. I’m not sure if it’s asbestos tile or not. How and where can I dispose of it? Answer: There are two kinds of asbestos: friable, which is ...

Though it was known in the early 1900s that inhaling asbestos particles had led to the deaths of miners, it was not until the 1970s that public health officials began warning of the risk of asbestos ...

In short WorkSafe ACT has confirmed mulch at a residential complex in the the Canberra suburb of Denman Prospect has tested positive for loose asbestos contamination. Work Health and Safety ...

Vallejo Public Works employees were allegedly exposed to friable asbestos last week after being directed to work inside an old Mare Island building owned by the Navy, a source tells the Times-Herald. ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A park in Surry Hills has been fenced off after a dangerous form of asbestos was detected in recycled mulch, as the NSW government flags ...

Vallejo Public Works employees were allegedly exposed to friable asbestos last week after being directed to work inside an old Mare Island building owned by the Navy, a source tells the Times-Herald. ...

Mulch containing asbestos has now been found at 41 locations in New South Wales, including Sydney parks, schools, hospitals, a supermarket and at least one regional site. Tests are under way at other ...

Documents obtained through a freedom of information request have shed light on the botched efforts by the New South Wales (NSW) state Liberal government to secretly dispose of asbestos at a ...

Areas in the Unit 2 and Unit 3 containment domes at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are under restricted access after workers recently discovered particles of asbestos and the plant’s ...

SALEM — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in October fined two out-of-state companies for asbestos removal violations on a pipeline running across Northeastern Oregon. The DEQ issued a ...

City of Sydney council ignored calls to test parks for asbestos a month before the dangerous material was found in mulch in three different public places. Councillor Linda Scott raised her concerns ...