Getting rid of asbestos is good for public health, but it’s risky for abatement workers, whose occupational risks make them vulnerable to Covid-19 complications.

Asbestos abatement workers were deemed essential long before the pandemic. Property owners are legally required to call abatement teams in to remove asbestos any time there’s construction ...

Asbestos can be found in most homes built before the 1980s. Cleaning it up requires a lot of specialized equipment and training … and money. But asbestos is typically only dangerous if you inhale it, ...

The treatment of asbestos has become that much more precarious given the outbreak of COVID-19. Here are some tips for asbestos removal and caution against coronavirus with limited PPE.

Additionally, covering asbestos-containing floor material is typically a more cost-effective alternative to asbestos removal, and there is no legal obligation to remove it.

No protective suits or breathing equipment for the workers. No sealing of the building, negative air pressure or encapsulation of the asbestos waste.

Derrick Boss, owner of Above and Beyond Asbestos Removal, left 10 gallons of asbestos material on one customer’s floor. The customer had to hire another company to complete the work.

Alamogordo will begin asbestos abatement and demolition at Sahara Apartment complex on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The work is projected to last six weeks.

A Hampton company whose asbestos removal work left a county school contaminated with the carcinogenic mineral has no asbestos removal license and faces involuntary bankruptcy, state officials and ...

The equipment company that owns the grinders and other tools rented by the Jains tell KDKA that they won't accept them back. Also, the fear is now that the asbestos removed from the buildings was ...

News Health Village leader fined for asbestos removal This is The Palms Bungalows, Bungalow Street, Ocean Beach. (Sept. 18, 2012) Credit: Daniel Goodrich ...

Update 11:30 a.m. Dec. 6: Workers completed the first phase of soil removal Dec. 3. ••• Soil at the site of the new large lecture hall on California Avenue has been found to contain naturally ...