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.

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 ...

He said a concrete wall would be built on the northern end of the foreshore. "If you've got asbestos issues, whether they're small or whatever, you can't muck around with those," he said.

Air pockets in the unstable concrete crumble, weakening structures. Where RAAC was used for load-bearing walls or roofs, entire buildings are in danger of collapsing without warning.

Asbestos and school safety The UK saw a similar situation in the 1980s. Concerns then were not about crumbling concrete, but another major danger in thousands of schools: asbestos.

The education secretary is 'wrong' to not be concerned about asbestos becoming exposed in schools with crumbling concrete, says National Education Union leader Daniel Kebede.

More than two months after concrete fell onto a stairwell inside the Winter Hill School, city officials in Somerville say asbestos was found in the building.

And in Clane, Co Kildare, the OPW has just awarded a ?2.45m contract for the replacement of the roof at Scoil Mhuire secondary school, which was found to be made up of asbestos-concrete slates.

Grand Rapids Benham Concrete fined $4,700 for failing to identify asbestos in home demolition Published: Jul. 25, 2009, 1:43 a.m. By MLive.com Staff ...

Material sold to more than 120 landowners from a regional waste centre south of Adelaide contains asbestos, South Australia's Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has informed the buyers.