Q: The gas company man just checked our furnace and said the air ducts are made of asbestos. The house was built in the 1960s and I'm afraid that the old ducts may now be against the law or in ...

Asbestos is a naturally occurring material that is present in soil and rocks. Exposure to asbestos may lead to lung diseases and other health conditions. In the past, many manufacturing companies used ...

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Asbestos discovered in wind turbines in Tasmania The material found in Chinese-imported brake pads Regulators have launched an investigation An urgent safety alert has been issued at wind farms across ...

Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

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Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) are renewing their relentless effort to secure Senate passage of a bill to replace the asbestos-litigation system with a $140 billion trust fund, ...

An urgent safety alert has been issued at wind farms across Australia after asbestos was discovered in Chinese-made wind turbines. The deadly material was first found in brake pads used in wind ...