Asbestos comprises six minerals that have been used in home construction since the 1800s, with popcorn ceilings installed before 1980 being made of asbestos, according to the Mesothelioma Center ...

You may think asbestos is a thing of the past — the sort of thing that's found in public buildings from the 1970s. And you would be right.

But researchers have long since concluded that asbestos fibres, when inhaled, can increase the risk of cancer and asbestosis, which occurs when the lungs are scarred, making it difficult to breathe.

Outside demolition work at the old Newton North High School on Lowell Avenue is delayed for at least a month because workers discovered asbestos in the exterior of the building, according to Mayor ...

A teacher died after breathing in deadly asbestos released when she pinned work up on her classroom walls, an inquest heard. Marion Potts, 63, died in June of mesothelioma, a cancer linked to ...

Hundreds of years before asbestos became ubiquitous in the construction industry, Byzantine monks used the fibrous material in plaster coatings underlying their wall paintings during the late ...

Byzantine Monks Built Walls With Asbestos, Too In millennia past, asbestos has also been used to make stronger pottery and flame-proof napkins Rachel Nuwer April 3, 2014 ...

Today, asbestos can still be found within insulation and popcorn ceilings, hiding in walls only to be discovered during a home renovation or the replacement of a waterline. And when it is discovere… ...

HELENA — Contrary to the perception that the federal government will leave no asbestos behind in its cleanup of Libby, an official said Tuesday that the government is considering removing ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- The Maryland Department of Environment says asbestos was found on the front outside wall of the Holiday Inn on Eutaw Street as a result of the steam pipe explosion last week.