Though signs warned of danger — “Cancer and lung disease hazard” — asbestos-laced anti-vibration cloth in a vent fan system was no threat to 1,000 workers at the MTA’s East New York bus ...

The plaster has disintegrated in various places and is hanging down, exposing the asbestos. We have wrapped old terry- cloth towels around this to prevent asbestos dust from scattering ...

Asbestos-laced cloth will be isolated from the ventilation system at one of the city’s biggest bus depots, the Daily News has learned. Contractors on Friday will begin encapsulating the cloth ...

who worked at a company that wove asbestos cloth and died in 1924 — the evidence shows that companies knew the material was toxic and tried to conceal that information. Fleming writes about ...

The Greeks also used asbestos cloth for handkerchiefs, and Charlemagne is said to have had an asbestos tablecloth which he threw into the fire to cleanse. Contact us at [email protected] ...

To understand the reasoning behind the use of asbestos in modern building construction, it is best to begin as far back as the evidence allows. Learning about the historical uses of this primeval ...

Asbestos is actually a collection of six naturally occurring silicate-based minerals that share properties of being able to be processed into all kinds of forms, even cloth. They are both heat ...

"People are typically exposed to asbestos by breathing it in, and typically that happens when the substance is disturbed, which is why, for example, you see asbestos exposure most prominently in ...

Road leading to Healey Dell, asbestos cloth." Other spots indicated include land between the river Spod and top path and the old Harrage Mill. SSV spokesman Jason Addy said: "After months of ...