In short WorkSafe ACT has confirmed mulch at a residential complex in the the Canberra suburb of Denman Prospect has tested positive for loose asbestos contamination. Work Health and Safety ...

Mulch containing asbestos has now been found at 41 locations in New South Wales, including Sydney parks, schools, hospitals, a supermarket and at least one regional site. Tests are under way at other ...

Growing crisis of asbestos being found in mulch has spread to schools in NSW and Queensland. But what are the health risks? Sydney’s escalating asbestos mulch crisis started in early January when a ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Lab testing has revealed the flooring in the lobby of the CK Newsome Center in Evansville has low ...

Asbestos has been confirmed at more sites across Sydney as two schools wait on results and hospitals undergo precautionary testing. One sample confirmed the more dangerous friable asbestos as well as ...

Though it was known in the early 1900s that inhaling asbestos particles had led to the deaths of miners, it was not until the 1970s that public health officials began warning of the risk of asbestos ...

Niles Park Ridge District 64 is about 17 years away from removing and replacing tile floors containing asbestos in all of its schools, district officials heard recently. The asbestos does not, however ...