Dear Angie: How can I tell if a house still has or once had asbestos? Beth S., Redondo Beach, Calif. Dear Beth: The only reliable way to know if your home contains asbestos is to hire an environmental ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - How can you tell if a house still has or once had asbestos? The only reliable way to know if your home contains asbestos is to hire an environmental consulting firm or asbestos ...

Dear Angie: How can I tell if a house still has or once had asbestos? -- Beth S., Redondo Beach, Calif. Dear Beth: The only reliable way to know if your home contains asbestos is to hire an ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering more restrictions on the use of asbestos, the cancer-causing fiber that’s more common in Fort Collins than you might expect. Some uses of asbestos ...

SPRINGFIELD - The superintendent of the Soldiers Home in Holyoke was indicted Tuesday for directing and overseeing the illegal removal of asbestos at a state-run facility that provides hospice care ...

Asbestos is a scary and extremely dangerous material that’s been linked to all kinds of health horrors, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. Not scared yet? How’s this: If your house ...

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 ...

If you want to cause homeowner anxiety, there's no better word to do it than "asbestos." Implicated in 5,000 U.S. deaths annually, it's nearly ubiquitous yet little understood in its threat. Here's a ...

Once hailed as a premium for fireproofing and insulating, asbestos has become widely known as a dangerous set of fibrous minerals. When its fibers become airborne and are inhaled, asbestos can wreak ...

WATERLOO — A $115,000 contract has been awarded to remove asbestos from the former Parkview Gardens Care Center. The City Council on Tuesday approved the bid by Advanced Environmental ahead of plans ...

BATON ROUGE (CN) - A Louisiana trial judge awarded $7 million to the surviving family members of a woman who died of cancer after years of laundering her husband's asbestos-tainted clothes . Myra ...

A: The only reliable way to know is to hire an environmental consulting firm or asbestos building inspector. They'll take fingernail-sized samples and test them in a laboratory. You can't see or smell ...