This program outlines the Purdue University Asbestos Management Procedures. Purdue University follows a practice that is endorsed by the U.S. EPA known as: Management of Asbestos in Place. The ...

The School District of Philadelphia’s handling of asbestos in some schools was supposed to be the focus of the school board’s agenda Thursday, however the Department of Justice had other plans. “The ...

General Services Administration officials tasked with ensuring that the asbestos contained in some federal buildings does not portend a potential health hazard for their occupants have not conducted ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! More details have emerged about the School District of Philadelphia’s violation of ...

Thirty-two years after its enabling legislation, the school asbestos program at the Environmental Protection Agency has become a low-priority and underfunded federal initiative, an inspector general ...

Rick Oakes, from York, died from an asbestos-related cancer linked to his work for Kirklees Council.

Asbestos has been used by mankind for several thousand years, with the earliest written reference to asbestos being dated to approximately 300 B.C. There are also many documented references from the ...

The Comox Valley Waste Management Centre is temporarily not accepting renovation drywall after material containing asbestos ...

Where full roof replacement is not required or economically viable, asbestos encapsulation offers an alternative compliance pathway that seals and stabilises asbestos-containing roof materials in situ ...

Asbestos remains New Zealand's number one work-related killer, with an estimated 220 people dying each year from preventable asbestos-related diseases, according to WorkSafe New Zealand. The regulator ...

The management company that oversees Greenfield Gardens Apartments, a 202-unit housing complex on Pray Drive in Greenfield, is being fined for asbestos violations. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ Sign ...

Some of the University buildings have asbestos containing building materials, such as pipe insulation, floor tiles, ceiling tiles and fireproofing. EHRS has established a rigorous asbestos control ...