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 ...

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Amherst mother of three learned a hard lesson during a home repair project, when asbestos was discovered in some of the building material used in her pre-1980 house. Asbestos ...

USG makes the ubiquitous Sheetrock brand of wallboard, and its market-leading position helped it to net about $285 million, $6.45 a share, on sales of $3.7 billion last year. But being the biggest, ...

Asbestos has been used by some manufacturers in common home-construction products. It might be listed as “mineral fibers” or chrysotile, a type of white asbestos. Or it might not be listed at all.

Koch Industries has put a division of its Georgia-Pacific unit in Chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to stem a rising tide of lawsuits by mesothelioma victims who attribute their disease to ...

When it comes to houses built from the 1960s to late '80s, nothing says "needs updating" quite like popcorn (aka "acoustic" or "cottage cheese") ceilings. They collect dust and cobwebs, are tough to ...

Q: We found a half-filled can of liquid asbestos in the cellar which must have been there since we bought our house 30 years ago! Is this something that can be brought to a household hazardous waste ...

OLYMPIA – People buying supplies for a home remodeling project might not realize that they have asbestos in them. The state Senate says the product should say so, right on the label. This week, it ...