PLYMOUTH – Select Board Vice Chairman John Mahoney is asking that the town manager’s office work with the Department of Public Works and union on drafting asbestos protocols that management and ...

Large, aging asbestos pipes have been left sitting on the ground in an open lot next to the badly polluted New River in Calexico near the Mexico border seven months after they were discovered by a ...

Asbestos in a home can be a serious health risk. Learn more about the dangers of asbestos, where to look for it, and how to ...

Forty-four of the nearly 50 buildings evacuated after an asbestos-lined, 86-year-old steam pipe exploded in the heart of the Flatiron District Thursday remain off limits as officials thoroughly assess ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Residents and workers from 49 buildings near the site of an early-morning steam pipe explosion in Manhattan were evacuated, many for at least two days, on Thursday after ...

A steam-pipe explosion sent asbestos spewing from a crater in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Thursday afternoon. Testing found the potentially deadly carcinogen near the ...

NEW YORK — Authorities detected asbestos in steam pouring from the pipe that ruptured in Manhattan’s Flatiron district Thursday, raising concerns about a substance that can cause severe health ...

Asbestos-laced cloth will be isolated from the ventilation system at one of the city’s biggest bus depots, the Daily News has learned. Contractors on Friday will begin encapsulating the cloth, a ...

An asbestos-lined, 86-year-old steam pipe exploded in the heart of the Flatiron District Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than four dozen buildings amid "real concern" carcinogenic debris ...