Asbestos under your tiles isn't ideal, but it's not dangerous as long as it can't become airborne.

Before the 1950s, it was common for builders to use the hair of horses in the construction process. DEAR DAVE: We live in a home that is nearly 100 years old. When we went to replace our kitchen ...

Work safety authorities say the risk of exposure to asbestos at a plasterboard distributor in Canberra's east is negligible. WorkSafe ACT closed the Boral Plasterboard Trade Centre on Barrier Street ...

WILKES-BARRE – Tests show that plaster falling from the auditorium ceiling at Meyers High School does not have asbestos, Wilkes-Barre Area School District Superintendent Bernard Prevuznak said Friday.

It wasn’t easy to decide how to remove our kitchen floor, aging sheet vinyl with a gray backing that turned out to be 40 percent asbestos. We needed to take it out as part of a remodeling project. The ...

Q: I recently bought a small apartment house that needs a lot of work. The plaster walls and ceilings have numerous small cracks, which I have patched. I don’t think regular paint will cover them up ...

Every school in York County except the recently built Coventry Elementary School contains asbestos, according to a new asbestos management plan done for the school system. The new plan identifies ...

Q I have recently been asked to look after the property of an elderly neighbour who has been in hospital for some time. The house is an old property that was built in the 1950s or 1960s, and as I ...

Unions and anti-asbestos campaigners are demanding more testing at Australia's border after revelations the deadly mineral is still slipping into the country despite a strict ban. Asbestos has been ...

Fletcher Building's Winstone Wallboards unit has temporarily closed a plasterboard factory in Christchurch after finding traces of asbestos in the building. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 Fletcher Building's [NZX: ...