When these asbestos insulation boards or blocks are sawn apart or manipulated in any other way, asbestos is released into the air. Pipes in basements, furnace rooms, and utility rooms may be ...

The school board was poised to vote on an agreement related to a federal investigation Thursday. The resolution was pulled at ...

The opinion allows a pathway for plaintiffs to obtain the legacy insurance policies of asbestos companies.

The discovery of asbestos in the basement is unrelated to the vermiculite found on the upper floors of the building.

In November 2011, two UNLV scientists touched carbon tape to a sample of bluish-grey mineral on the face of a rock found south of Henderson, then placed it under a microscope. The computer screen ...

An item added to the school board's meeting agenda for Thursday called for consideration of an agreement with the Justice ...

Asbestos, which was once common in home insulation and other products ... A ban on the use of asbestos in oilfield brake blocks, aftermarket automotive brakes and linings and other gaskets ...

To balance this dilemma, a home inspector can simply state that the duct insulation “may” contain asbestos and that further evaluation of the home by a qualified asbestos abatement contractor ...

Asbestos, which was once common in home insulation and other products ... A ban on the use of asbestos in oilfield brake blocks, aftermarket automotive brakes and linings and other gaskets ...

contain no asbestos, whereas others, such as magnesia or calcium silicate insulation block and insulation cements, may contain 10 to 15 per cent asbestos. 9,10 Exposures are therefore to a number ...

One of the biggest threats is so-called legacy asbestos, stemming from decades of unbridled use of the product in construction, building insulation ... brake blocks and other products made with ...

An insurance company has no legal standing to demand defunct cement maker Kaiser Gypsum Inc.’s bankruptcy plan include safeguards against fraudulent asbestos claims, a federal appeals court ruled.