The San Antonio Water System lost more than 20-billion gallons of water last year because of leaks and main breaks. Tuesday morning SAWS board members will be briefed on a plan to replace older ...

A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit by plastic pipe maker JM Eagle against a U.S. law firm that filed hundreds of asbestos personal injury cases against it.

In a written response to DA councillor Helda de Klerk’s question over why PVC pipes continue to burst in Kanonkop, despite ...

The problem of outdated and hazardous asbestos water pipes in rural areas like Caithness was highlighted by a local MSP this week.

This type of insulation was then used for insulating walls, floors, pipes, ductwork, and beams. In the early 1970s, researchers discovered that asbestos-containing materials adversely affected ...

asbestos would also be used everywhere for insulation purposes, as well as around boilers, steam pipes and everywhere else where the heat-retaining yet thermally stable properties were very useful.

For many years, asbestos was commonly used in materials such as fire-retardant insulation, floor tiles, plasters, ceiling tiles, pipe insulation, and soundproofing. Health issues have been raised by ...

A plastic pipe manufacturer had accused attorneys at Simmons Hanly Conroy of an asbestos case strategy that encouraged perjury and obstructed discovery in an effort to secure large settlements, but a ...

Where is Asbestos at W&M? Many of W&M buildings constructed prior to 1985 contained asbestos, including floor tiles, mastics, HVAC duct tape, pipe insulation, roofing, spray-applied ceiling textures, ...