I was under the impression that the owner of a single family home is allowed to remove a certain amount of asbestos pipe insulation, like 25′. I can’t find anything at nyc.gov to confirm or deny.

Decades ago, water pipes containing asbestos were installed throughout Central Florida. Now, as those pipes deteriorate, public-works officials are debating how to replace them without releasing the ...

You may have noticed people in protective suits and masks working on Superior Street in recent days. Licensed contractors who specialize in asbestos abatement have been on the job, helping the city of ...

Q. My home was built in 1926 and has asbestos insulation on all the hot water pipes under the building. Fortunately, all of this asbestos has been wrapped. When I first learned about it, I was ...

OTSEGO, MI – The former owner of the Rock-Tenn paper mill site has been charged in a five-count indictment accusing him of violating the federal Clean Air Act. The indictment, which was filed Friday ...

— A Parchment resident claims a city official lied to him about the presence of asbestos-covered piping at the shuttered paper mill next to his property on Sanford Street. David Schafer said he has ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Classes are canceled at two more Philadelphia schools due to asbestos concerns. The School District of Philadelphia has closed Carnell Elementary School in Oxford Circle and ...

A Middlesex County man has admitted performing unlicensed asbestos work at Hackettstown and Union Township schools while releasing the cancer-causing substance into a New Jersey day care center.