Q: We bought our house about eight months ago and just learned that we have asbestos insulation on the air ducts in our attic. The sellers must have known about it because they purchased a new forced ...

Asbestos, known for causing mesothelioma, was used in a wide range of products in the 20th century. Asbestos was used in a ...

A landmark study into the health impacts of living in a house with loose-fill asbestos insulation. A landmark study from The Australian National University (ANU) into the health impacts of living in a ...

I receive a lot of questions from home buyers about asbestos. Will we identify the presence of asbestos? Can we test for asbestos? Does this or that material contain asbestos? And so on. During one of ...

Cabinet papers have revealed the Federal Government was warned as far back as 1968 about the risks of loose-fill asbestos insulation, but did nothing to stop it being used in Canberra homes for a ...

An ACT Government taskforce has been set up to act as a central point of contact for Canberrans affected by Mr Fluffy loose-fill asbestos insulation. More than 1,000 Canberra homes are thought to ...

This morning’s 6-3 opinion in Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries affirms the decision of the lower court holding that the manufacturers of asbestos-dependent equipment used on Navy ships can be ...

Asbestos exposure has posed a serious health threat to American Veterans for many decades. Asbestos exposure was common ...