Camplin, an Illinois-licensed asbestos professional since 1986, said asbestos can "be an issue even if inspection reports state no asbestos is present in a building. Asbestos inspections typically ...

Long-term exposure to asbestos can lead to a wide variety of cancers; most common are lung cancer and mesothelioma, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Asbestos — a material that is estimated to kill 40,000 Americans each year — could be making a comeback thanks to an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would greenlight wider use of the ...

On June 1, EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) which maintains existing bans on asbestos uses, but allows new products containing asbestos to be created on a case-by-case basis.