Asbestos products were marketed as the toughest available when they were introduced in the 1930s. The roofs — made from concrete asbestos shingles — have life spans of 50 years or more.

The Trump administration has dropped its proposal to alter or delay a ban on the last type of asbestos used in the U.S., ...

New regulations protecting workers from asbestos exposure will come into effect in Manitoba in October. The provincial ...

Traces of deadly asbestos have been found in roof panels imported from China at the $1.2 billion Perth Children’s Hospital, potentially exposing scores of construction workers to contamination.

Demolition contractors working in the more than 150 countries that are signatories to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer will have to develop methods of processing the ...

THE discovery of asbestos in roof panels at the $1.2 billion Perth Children’s Hospital could have serious ramifications for two other major Government projects — Fiona Stanley Hospital and ...

A "large quantity" of asbestos has been dumped in a woodland popular with walkers. The pile of roof tiles made of the toxic material was left in an area known as Sammie's Wood, near Cinderford in ...

Philly teens learned to install solar panels. Then asbestos closed their school The celebrated Bright Solar Futures program went on, but without its key hands-on element.

The council-owned Weltevreden Flats in Brakpan Central have been drowning in water leaks for about three months after a section of the old asbestos roof panels were removed. The roof was removed ...

“Furthermore, with solar panels or ‘over-roofing’ sheets installed over asbestos roof sheets, an inspection of the condition and maintenance will be physically restricted, if not totally ...