According to the NHS, more than 2,700 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year in the UK, and these cases are most commonly diagnosed in people aged 75 and over.

Health groups are worried about the asbestos hazard the East Wing demolition may have caused at the White House. It comes as ...

Critics are questioning if the demolition of the White House East Wing adhered to federal health and safety standards, ...

Asbestos found in Harvard building materials recently forced at least one undergraduate to temporarily relocate out of his room in Winthrop House, although administrators say current levels of the ...

As schools in both the East and West Aurora school districts prepare for construction in aging buildings, they will be faced with old building materials that contain asbestos. Asbestos, which is ...

Asbestos, which can pose serious health risks when exposed during demolition, was frequently used in projects at the time of ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District (FED) Environmental Section has two accredited environmental laboratories: a chemistry laboratory and an asbestos laboratory. The chemistry ...

East Elementary in Jackson sent a letter home with students Wednesday informing parents that material containing asbestos had been found in the building. The letter is an annual requirement for all ...

Homeowners may be surprised to find how many building materials used on houses built before 1975 can contain asbestos. Asbestos is most frequently found wrapped around furnaces/boilers and heating ...

SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries fined two construction agencies a total of $379,100 for knowingly exposing their workers to asbestos and illegally removing the ...

Retiring and decommissioning coal power plants is becoming a more-frequent occurrence around the world. The job comes with many challenges, but projects in the U.S. and UK have proven that remediation ...