Friable asbestos, in contrast, can be easily crumbled by touch. It will include raw asbestos fibers and previously bonded products that have worn to the point that they crumble easily.

Some products contain warnings that mulch may ... But on the weekend, friable asbestos — a type which is easily crushed into a powder by hand — was discovered in mulch used at off-leash ...

Peter Franklin is on the board of Reflections, a not-for-profit organisation for the asbestos awareness and support of people with asbestos-related disease. The New South Wales government has ...