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 ...

CHEYENNE (AP) - State and federal regulators have released a plan for testing whether a lot containing asbestos is releasing the cancer-causing substance into the air. Some neighbors oppose the plan.

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, ...

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The wildfires that have ripped through Greater Los Angeles neighborhoods have destroyed more than 12,000 homes and buildings. Crews are continuing to work to get the Eaton and Palisades fires under ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said it found asbestos in the area around the fire in the old Kmart in Portland at Northeast 122nd Avenue and Northeast Sandy ...

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 ...