This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. Broken asbestos roofing tiles can be seen at a dump in central New Delhi, India on Sept. 24, 2023.

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

There's more asbestos in the prime minister's official residence than previously thought, according to a third-party review of 24 Sussex.

Toxic asbestos fibres can be released during renovation or demolition work. Asbestos was sprayed on many of the beams that supported buildings erected in the 1960s and ’70s, Johnson noted.

Israel's destructive military campaign in Gaza has released a silent killer: asbestos. The mineral, once widely-used in building materials, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that ...

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The city declined to comment on results of CTV’s water tests, noting officials had few details about those findings. The television report did not appear to note the size of the asbestos fibres.