Former President Joe Biden's administration banned "ongoing uses" of the last form of asbestos permitted in the United States ...

Exposure to asbestos is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the Biden administration's EPA.

Last year, the Biden administration banned chrysotile asbestos, which the EPA called a milestone in the fight against cancer.

Asbestos can’t be removed from the lungs after exposure, and there are no treatments. After exposure, people are recommended ...

When disturbed during renovations, demolition, or even due to weather events like storms or hail, asbestos can pose serious ...

A building site supervisor has been fined after primary school pupils and staff were exposed to asbestos during renovations.

FTIR spectrometry is essential for detecting harmful substances in building materials, facilitating safer construction and ...

Asbestos material was found in studios, a restaurant, the Central Technical Area, Hart House, the historic Fairbanks, a ...

On Sept. 29, 1971, the jury found that Borel was guilty of contributory negligence and the asbestos manufacturers had violated the doctrine of strict liability and that they were “strictly” liable for ...

These are often found on ceilings and sometimes walls, in products such as Artex (before 1992). In bathrooms, bath panels may be made of Asbestos cement or Asbestos Insulation Board. In lofts, there ...

Asbestos can be found in: pipe lagging, insulation board, asbestos cement products such as profiled roof sheets and wall panels, floor coverings and asbestos sprayed coatings. ACMs such as gaskets and ...

Experts said there's no telling exactly what kind of asbestos is inside the walls of the RenCen until ... was to ban asbestos from spray-applied insulation and fireproofing material.