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When Should You Test For Lead And Asbestos In Your Home?

Testing for lead and asbestos is important as they are dangerous chemicals that can lurk in the paint, insulation, and ...
WRAL

NC has 3 years to test schools and daycares for lead and asbestos. Here's how it will work.

Some North Carolina schools and daycares will soon be tested for lead and asbestos. State leaders told the State Board of Education on Wednesday the plan so far is to start with elementary schools and ...
Orange County Register

Tustin to start testing homes for asbestos in soil, dust

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 ...
Columbus Dispatch

Baby powder recall for asbestos expanded to 35 states, including Ohio. Here's how to check

A baby powder recall for possible asbestos contamination has been expanded to include more than half the United States, including Ohio. Here's how to tell if you're affected. FDA expands recall of ...
WGLT

A new kind of asbestos case gets its first day in court with nationwide implications

Schoepke's family filed a lawsuit against ammunition maker Sporting Goods Properties Inc., formerly known as Remington Arms, ...
KREM

As winter nears, wildfire victims still waiting on asbestos testing, permitting to clean up

ELK, Wash. — It's been more than two months since Annie Patrick lost the home she called 'God's Grace' in the Oregon Road fire. She first told KREM 2 News in September about how asbestos testing was ...
The Washington Post

EPA to Test New Way to Remove Asbestos

The Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday that it will begin testing a new method for asbestos removal as a prelude to rewriting federal rules for treating the cancer-causing material. The ...
Rapid City Journal

Rapid City schools to test for lead in drinking water and asbestos

It wasn’t long ago that contractors still used lead to solder pipes and asbestos to insulate buildings. Standards have changed, but questions linger about how much of the toxic materials remain in ...
Independent Record

Grace to test science of asbestos claims

PHILADELPHIA -- W.R. Grace & Co. is getting ready to gamble the company on the decision of a lone bankruptcy judge who will take up a question that would otherwise be in the hands of an army of judges ...
WRAL

NC leaders plan to test for lead and asbestos in drinking water at schools

Experts say lead or asbestos contamination in drinking water at public schools could be making your child sick. The state's top education leaders will meet Wednesday to discuss what action is needed.
WCYB

Parents respond to test results finding asbestos at Abingdon Elementary School

ABINGDON, Va. (WCYB) — Testing results taken by a third party found asbestos was present in the hallway, cafeteria and kitchen of Abingdon Elementary School. The school was open through Thursday when ...