When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was built before 1980, though, it's possible that you have dangerous materials in place that were used as part of home construction ...

Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the old paneling, but this caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off.

If you want to cause homeowner anxiety, there's no better word to do it than "asbestos." Implicated in 5,000 U.S. deaths annually, it's nearly ubiquitous yet little understood in its threat. Here's a ...

The city of Cedar Rapids' building official, Matt Widner, says he will add an information sheet on asbestos to every permit his office issues for a home renovation. Widner on Thursday said his action ...

Trained to identify the varying types of asbestos used in old buildings, Matt Mountain of Mountain Duct Cleaning knows what he’s looking for. Whenever he identifies what he calls “suspect asbestos,” ...

If your home was built before the 1980s, it may have been built with asbestos. If inhaled, asbestos can cause cancer or other serious health problems, so you definitely want to be aware of it if you ...

Sep. 28—JAMESTOWN — Radon is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers and it's preventable, said Justin Otto, North Dakota radon coordinator for the North Dakota Department of Environmental ...

The city will soon begin testing soil and dust at Tustin residents’ homes for any asbestos or lead emitted from the burnt north hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station, after previously focusing on ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) As Central Florida's housing market remains competitive, ADS Partners is urging prospective home buyers to include asbestos testing in their pre-purchase inspections-particularly for ...