"Many older homes contain asbestos in floor tiles, ceiling tiles, or insulation, but since asbestos fibers are not visible to the naked eye, these materials can seem harmless," DiBara explained.

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 ...

On March 18th, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ban of Chrysotile asbestos became the first rule to be finalized under the ...

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.

Asbestos can be found in items such as automotive brake parts, gasket materials, siding and roofing materials, pipe insulation, floor tiles, ceiling tiles, sounds proofing, theater curtains, plaster, ...

Many William & Mary buildings constructed before 1985 contained asbestos, including floor tiles, mastics, HVAC duct tape, pipe insulation, roofing, spray-applied ceiling textures, ceiling tiles and ...

Asbestos containing materials (ACM) on campus are primarily found in: Asbestos texture coatings and asbestos insulation areas are identified with either a red or black stylized "A" with a circular ...