Asbestos, a heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral, was a common element in construction materials due to its resilient, durable nature—until the 1980s, anyway, when it was banned due to the ...

Question: I’m taking up a tile floor and need to dispose of it. I’m not sure if it’s asbestos tile or not. How and where can I dispose of it? Answer: There are two kinds of asbestos: friable, which is ...

Q: We just purchased a 1920s colonial style home and are now renovating it. In the basement, we removed the carpet and discovered tiles that we fear may contain asbestos. A few were cracked, and ...

Floor tiles containing asbestos were removed from East Elementary in Jackson before construction started this summer. A printed email was sent home Wednesday to inform parents of asbestos being in the ...

QDEAR BARRY: My home was built in 1978 and has "popcorn" ceiling texture in most rooms, some of which is peeling and cracking. I began to scrape off the material, but then became concerned about ...

I read a flooring article recently that I’d like your thoughts on. It was entitled “Flooring choices each have different advantages” and contained quotes from some flooring store owners. One quote ...

Repeating an experiment he and other parents conducted in March at Whisconier Middle School, Hesse used baby wipes to collect samples from the tile surface next to the kitchen serving window, the ...