According to Steven Morin, Brown's director of Environmental Health and Safety, most buildings built before 1980 contain materials with asbestos, so it wasn't surprising that they were present.

Berkshire says it shouldn't have to pay asbestos claims tied to a failed primary insurer – and it's now asking a Texas court to make the call ...

If asbestos is found, the Rhode Island Department of Health must approve an abatement plan. The state approved the Barus and Holley abatement plan in November 2012, Maiorisi said. The health risks ...

A talented craftsman who taught himself to build a boat from scratch died from a serious lung condition, a court heard. Basil ...

As Congress considers a landmark piece of legislation that would require greater transparency across the bankruptcy trusts established to compensate current and future asbestos personal-injury victims ...

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality recently settled an enforcement action with Derek Brown Construction of Helena concerning a violation of the Montana Asbestos Control Act. According ...

Chrysotile asbestos, aka "white asbestos," is still imported, processed, and used in the US for diaphragms (including those used to make sodium hydroxide and chlorine), sheet gaskets, brake blocks ...

While Councilman Bill de Blasio's office says it distributed more than 300 fliers informing people that asbestos was being removed at a warehouse that'll be demolished in order to make way for the ...

Colorado this year received $6.9 million for projects in Greeley, Kersey, Lakewood, Monte Vista, Northglenn and Pueblo along with another $1 million for the Colorado Department of Public Health and… ...

Hi there – My coop building is planning a renovation of the lobby and first floor which currently have asbestos-containing tile. Some people want to rip out the floors & replace them with stone, which ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Philadelphia's public schools with failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos. The district agreed to have the ...