Question: My 1970s cottage-cheese acoustic ceiling has been lab-tested and found to contain asbestos. Is it legal for me as a homeowner to remove the acoustic material if I use the proper safety ...

QDEAR BARRY: According to my home inspector, the popcorn ceilings in the home that I'm buying are about 3 percent asbestos. He said this is not a problem, but I'm very concerned. I now realize that ...

Q: My home has "popcorn" ceilings, the kind with asbestos. The cost of asbestos removal is so high, I've decided to overlay the ceilings with drywall. The person I've hired to do the work suggested ...

Q: I would like to get rid our popcorn ceiling, which contains 2 to 3 percent asbestos. We plan to cover the cathedral living room ceiling with paneling. The bedrooms are in no danger of being ...

Q: According to my home inspector, the popcorn ceilings in the home I'm buying probably contain at least about 3% asbestos. He said this is not a problem, but I'm very concerned and am trying to ...

You probably don’t think about asbestos exposure very often. The EPA banned its use in 1989, and after all the news articles about how asbestos causes cancer and mesothelioma, who would want to use it ...

Somebody even tweeted at Akron Police. "I had people calling me, yelling at me saying you have guys in bunny suits while there are kids in the classroom," said Rob Boxler, environmental services ...

We now know the source of the asbestos found in a Jacksonville high-rise, and it’s something that could be in your living room right now. After a fire displaced about 200 people in HUD-subsidized high ...