PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The asbestos released when an abandoned Kmart building burned down last week does not seem to be posing much of a risk, health officials told residents of the Parkrose ...

ASHLEY — Asbestos fibers have been found at the site of the old Huber Breaker on Main Street, state officials announced Monday. According to a statement from the Department of Environmental Protection ...

Radnor >> After residents living near Villanova University expressed concerns about possible asbestos in the asphalt on its main parking lot, where a major construction project is underway, the ...

Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that 15 new tests from the same bottle of Johnson's Baby Powder previously tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found no asbestos in the product. An ...

Retiring and decommissioning coal power plants is becoming a more-frequent occurrence around the world. The job comes with many challenges, but projects in the U.S. and UK have proven that remediation ...

Tustin residences will soon be tested for asbestos and lead that might have been dispersed during the November hangar fire, as part of a study announced this week by the city. A city contractor, ...

In March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned the most common form of asbestos, a cancer-causing substance associated with tens of thousands of deaths in the country every year. The ban ...

MILWAUKEE COUNTY (CBS 58) -- Some asbestos experts are telling CBS 58 what they think about a federal proposal that could allow for new uses of the dangerous substance. Eric Feldmeyer has been ...

BALER CITY — Air samples taken during the demolition of the Central Building in Baker City on July 9 and 10 showed asbestos levels far below what the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality allows ...