Pipes containing asbestos are being installed in new condominiums, hospitals and high-rises in Canada, despite widespread health concerns that have led many countries to ban its use.

Asbestos caution tape is being used to block off the area around a water main break on Seville Road in Prince Rupert —because that was the only caution tape available at the time. The water main break ...

Another 50 kilometres of pipe are carrying non potable water to farms and orchards. In all, MacLean says asbestos concrete pipes make up about 28 to 30 per cent of the city's water delivery system.

QUESTION: I have just discovered we have asbestos tape on our heating-pipe joints in an area where the ceiling is open. There are about 30 pieces of tape. Can I just tape over them with duct tape?

On Nov. 9, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May tabled a parliamentary petition on an issue few Canadians are even aware of — asbestos cement pipes. Canadians deserve to know a lot more about how water is ...

Online, the City said, “Asbestos cement has not been used for new water pipes since the 1980s. As asbestos cement pipes break in our shifting soils, and as planned infrastructure upgrades take place, ...

Asbestos in water pipes Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibre that was historically used to make products strong, long lasting and fire-resistant. Asbestos may be found in asbestos-cement pipes that ...

More than 500 kilometres of asbestos cement pipe was laid under the City of Regina. It has a shelf life of approximately 70 years and when the quality deteriorates, it breaks apart.

Two-thirds of Prince George’s water delivering pipes are made with asbestos cement. That is according to a CTV W5 report released earlier this week, which revealed 67% of Prince George’s […] ...

Q–In our 60-year-old house the basement pipes are covered with asbestos and over this is a plaster covering. The plaster has disintegrated in various places and is hanging down, exposing the … ...

The District of Kitimat’s water system was built at the same time as the town, 70 years ago. At that time and up until the 1970s it was quite common for municipalities to use asbestos cement pipes in ...