State officials are trying to determine who dumped more than 60 yellow bags, which most likely contain asbestos and possibly came from the Lehigh Valley, in a remote area of Walker Township outside ...

Question: My 1970s cottage-cheese acoustic ceiling has been lab-tested and found to contain asbestos. Is it legal for me as a homeowner to remove the acoustic material if I use the proper safety ...

It wasn’t easy to decide how to remove our kitchen floor, aging sheet vinyl with a gray backing that turned out to be 40 percent asbestos. We needed to take it out as part of a remodeling project. The ...

A Toledo asbestos-removal company was fined $12,600 for mishandling the hazardous material in Wayne County. The Ohio EPA said Total Environmental Services did not comply with Ohio's asbestos emission ...

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 ...