Asbestos is a naturally occurring, heat-resistant fibre that was widely used in building materials from the 1940s to the 1980s. It can be found in either a bonded or friable form. Bonded asbestos ...

which the company says dissolves the asbestos fibres. The process turns the fibres of this toxic mineral, together with the cement, into a harmless material. This material can then be reused - as ...

From supernatural capes to sleeping caps, asbestos fibres once had a wide range of bizarre uses. In the minerals gallery at the Natural History Museum in London, amid rows of ornately carved ...

FEARS are growing that the crumbling concrete in schools and hospitals could release deadly asbestos fibres Emergency measures in England are underway to shore up public sector buildings over ...

Asbestos is a naturally-occuring fibre which was commonly used in the building trade between the 1930s and 1980s. If ...

THE first time that Dr Jayabalan A. Thambyappa came across a patient suffering from mesothelioma was back in 1993. At that time, he was working at a private hospital in Malaysia as a medical officer.

SCOTS are facing a growing risk from asbestos in water pipes with more than a quarter of pipes in some areas containing the cancer-causing fibres. There are fears that the more than half of the ...