But that's little comfort for Michael Abercrombie a plumber who worked with asbestos cement pipes in the 1970s and '80s in Ontario. "That seems unbelievable to me," Abercrombie told CTV.

Asbestos was used in building materials until it was discovered that inhalation of fibres could cause cancers.

Asbestos cement pipes make up about 10 per cent of the city’s water distribution system. This is far less than in Prince George at (67 per cent), Regina and St. Albert (about just under 40 per cent) ...

The pipes were installed decades ago, and all are nearing end-of-life but are still delivering tap water. W5’s report said the science around ingesting or drinking water with asbestos is still hotly ...

The District of Kitimat’s (DOK) 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 ...

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 […] ...

Calexico city officials were given 30 days to move the pipes or produce a plan to do so. Instead, they wrote Krug's team in April saying there was so much dumped waste in that area that they ...

All asbestos waste must be packaged properly for safe handling and disposal. See the Acceptable Industry Practices for asbestos for more details. Must be double-bagged with polyethylene sheets (6-mil) ...