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 ...

If your home was built before the 1980s, it may have been built with asbestos. If inhaled, asbestos can cause cancer or other serious health problems, so you definitely want to be aware of it if you ...

After repeated revelations of asbestos hazards in Philadelphia public schools, City Council will likely consider requiring additional inspections for the cancer-causing material. But not yet. The bill ...

But good luck selling them off when you can't even show whether or not they contain dangerous levels of asbestos. That's the finding of a report released this week by the Government Accountability ...

Denver, Colorado, Sept. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Colorado, all properties where a renovation or demolition activity is planned must be inspected for asbestos before any building materials are ...

Years of disregarding environmental law and a broken federal inspection system led to today’s asbestos problems in the Scranton School District. For more than a decade, the district failed to follow ...

A recent report has found that the New York City Department of Education has not met requirements to inspect the vast majority of schools identified with asbestos. Comptroller Brad Lander unveiled an ...