The age of a building can be used as a first indicator of the likelihood of asbestos content. Generally, asbestos materials were taken off the market in the ’70s and ’80s.

In 2023, the property manager sent a representative to get samples for asbestos testing, and the results came back negative for "drywall plaster" in the bedrooms and beside the kitchen window, and ...

Though no directive by public health has been issued, several municipalities have closed their clay tennis courts as a ...

"The report from the Licenced Asbestos Assessor shows that the friable asbestos was only found in one of 16 samples taken from across the residential complex. "I have been advised by the assessor ...

Here’s what we know about the risk to public health of mulch contaminated with asbestos, including “friable” asbestos, which has been found in one site (Harmony Park in Surry Hills).

Regardless, email exchanges between the government and the asbestos removal company, WSP Australia, indicate that they were well aware of the friable nature of the material in sample testing.

However non-friable asbestos can become friable through age, or if it is damaged. Air monitoring of the site has also not found airborne particles “outside of normal expected parameters ...

One sample confirmed the more dangerous friable asbestos as well as bonded asbestos in mulch at Bicentennial Park on the Glebe foreshore in inner Sydney, after the material was previously found at ...

Conforming to provincial legislation outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Quebec, the Quebec Construction Safety Code (S-2.1, r.4) and general recognized standards of practice, ...

The substance is considered lower risk compared to friable asbestos, which is when the fibrous crystal has been pulverised or reduced to a powder. However non-friable asbestos can become friable ...