The Western Australian Health Department says an investigation has found there is a very low risk to the public from asbestos fibres contained in old carpet underlay in some Perth homes. The ...

The practice of using the recycled, asbestos-ridden bags in a carpet underlay is understood to have taken place in the 60s and 70s. The New South Wales state secretary of the Australian ...

Respiratory physician Bill Musk says he is concerned that hessian bags used to transport deadly asbestos products were later reused as carpet underlay. He says anyone who gets exposed to the ...

Respiratory physician Bill Musk is concerned that hessian bags used to transport deadly asbestos products were later reused as carpet underlay. Anyone who gets exposed to the underlay risks ...

Respiratory physician Bill Musk is concerned that hessian bags used to transport deadly asbestos products were later reused as carpet underlay. Anyone who gets exposed to the underlay risks ...

This would not be recommended if the tile under the carpeting has asbestos, as the carpet stripper would ... and glued carpeting with a new plywood underlayment placed over the existing floor ...

The spokesman also said that people should hire professionals to tear up carpet underlay, and thoroughly clean the house afterwards. The program said the bags were used in carpet underlay until ...

"I honestly think if the sellers removed all the carpet and then put the house ... in our new house and found cat-wee-stained underlay and black asbestos tiles." Other users pointed out how ...

Lawyers, who are preparing more cases, say symptoms can take 30 years to show. The factory, now demolished, made floor tiles and carpet underlay and used asbestos to make them fire-resistant.

Alan Middlebrook, of Complete Carpet Maintenance ... Union has called for compulsory asbestos inspections in houses in response to the concerns about the underlay.