The work will take place next week, which will require the closure of the town centre venue for a week, from January 12-19.

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.

As property owners across New Zealand face growing compliance obligations around building safety and maintenance, specialised coating services are emerging as cost-effective alternatives to full-scale ...

The workers’ union alleges the highly-dangerous material was found in brake pads used inside wind turbines in a shipment at Geelong Port this week. Import of asbestos has been banned in Australia ...

Asbestos contamination in talc products is a complicated topic. Since the monumental Johnson & Johnson lawsuits over the years (which resulted in historic payouts: $4.96 billion to a group of 22 women ...

Manitoba is updating its regulations governing the handling of asbestos to protect workers from dangerous exposure to the material, the leading cause of work-place related deaths in the province, the ...

A third Australian renewable energy company has confirmed the presence of white asbestos in wind turbine lift brake pads supplied by Chinese company 3S Industry. An anti-asbestos advocate says ...

A second renewable energy company says it is taking "immediate action" after confirming the presence of asbestos in its wind turbine lift brake pads supplied by Chinese company 3S Industry. Goldwind ...

The Environmental Working Group is criticizing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency abruptly withdrew a proposed rule meant to prevent asbestos contamination in talc-based cosmetic ...

The agency said it planned to craft a more comprehensive rule, but the move alarmed public health advocates, who have long worked to eliminate asbestos in consumer products. By Roni Caryn Rabin The ...