Some North Carolina schools and daycares will soon be tested for lead and asbestos. State leaders told the State Board of Education on Wednesday the plan so far is to start with elementary schools ...

As many as 30 million houses in the United States may have asbestos-contaminated insulation from Libby’s vermiculite mine installed in their attics. Now a hand-held test can confirm if someone ...

I began to scrape off the material, but then became concerned about asbestos. Is there an inexpensive way to determine whether this material contains asbestos?

If your home is more than 30 years old, it likely has asbestos in it, but there are ways to safely remove it.

Q–Workers recently removed the floor covering in my kitchen. They used power sanders, and dust was scattered through the house. I was alarmed to find that the flooring contained asbestos, and… ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday that it will begin testing a new method for asbestos removal as a prelude to rewriting federal rules for treating the cancer-causing material ...

The city will soon begin testing soil and dust at Tustin residents’ homes for any asbestos or lead emitted from the burnt north hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station, after previously focusing ...

Asbestos was once common in thousands of products — everything from insulation to brake pads — and the CDC reports it can still be found in many homes and businesses.