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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Brittany Russell, an attorney for the couple and an associate at Weitz & Luxenberg, said that William Durbec’s $78 million ...

arguing that BNSF and its corporate predecessors stored asbestos-laden vermiculite in a large rail yard in town before shipping it to plants where it was heated to expand it for use as insulation.

Just a year after vermiculite closed the Cayuga County Office Building, officials have now confirmed asbestos contamination ...