If you, or a loved one, has come to believe that asbestos is illegal in the United States, you may be entitled to a significant surprise. Here are the facts: Asbestos WAS banned in the U.S. for about a hot minute, and... Read More

Asbestos Is Near You, All Of The Time … In Places You Wouldn’t Expect, And In Rhyme As April is drawing quite near to its end, The April Fools thing is ‘bout over, my friend. So don’t be a fool about something... Read More

We got a rather panicky call to our busy switchboard the other day, from a guy we’ll call George.  (His real name is Mark, but we prefer calling him George.) “I need an asbestos test at my place!” George practically bellowed into... Read More

I’m weeping.  Give me a minute. These are happy tears, though.  Happy because, after thirty-plus years since a partial ban on asbestos in the United States was overturned, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has instituted a new regulation banning the ugly stuff... Read More

… Because You CAN’T Smell Asbestos If you look (look?) around, you’ll notice there are a lot of things you can smell. Smell around, and you’ll likely detect: Evidence of your teenage kid’s bean-heavy diet The hog rendering plant in your neighborhood,... Read More

Naturally, we’re all spending our time indoors these days, because, well, it’s freaking cold outside. That makes this the perfect time of year to get the air in your home tested, just to make sure you don’t have anything like (oh, I... Read More