The utility eventually pleaded guilty to lying about asbestos contamination from that accident, and paid a $2 million fine.

As of 2008, portions of the site are still unoccupied, due in part to environmental concerns including asbestos contamination.

We are very concerned about the asbestos contamination on the site.

Residual asbestos contamination was found in 363 of the properties tested.

In 1995, that campus was closed and subsequently razed due to asbestos contamination.

Approximately 20 per cent of his working time was spent in conditions where there was asbestos dust.

Within ten days the government had halved the legal limit for asbestos dust in the workplace.

The changes downplayed the danger of asbestos dust.

This risk may be the result of exposure to asbestos dust brought home on the clothing and hair of asbestos workers.

Asbestos dust was found to be present in the roofing, cellars and window sashes.

It was advised to take preventive measures to stop the release of asbestos fibres.

An inquest heard she had seen her dad blowing away asbestos fibres when ironing.

First, the suggestion that you have to inhale asbestos fibres 'over long periods of time' to constitute a risk of contracting asbestos disease.

Principally he mixed 90% cement and 10% asbestos fibres with water and ran it through a cardboard machine.

Subsequently, new tenants to the buildings were forbidden from drilling into walls and ceilings due to the risk of releasing asbestos fibres into the atmosphere.

Asbestos, named in the 19th century, contained the world's largest open-pit asbestos mine, which closed in 2011.

Formerly the village was the site of a large asbestos mine.

There was also an asbestos mine that remained operational until the mid-1990s, which has now ceased its operation.

The town developed as a residential centre for an asbestos mine which started operations in 1916 but growth was slow until the railway reached the town in 1928.

It also tests samples and supervises asbestos removal.

Another 1.2 million was spent on asbestos removal, refurbishment and security before a decision was taken last year to sell it.

I'm now a van driver and a warehouseman for an asbestos removal company.

The company, which specialises in asbestos removal, site cleaning and demolition, has made the list of accredited contractors in all three areas for the 2012 event.

The group now consists of several divisions including conventional, industrial, mechanical and steelwork demolition specialists, as well as asbestos removal, scaffolding and civils and rehabilitation divisions.

There are several ways safely to remove asbestos.

Campaigners said that it would take decades to remove asbestos from schools, universities and hospitals, but that there was no excuse for further delay.

In many cases, landlords have had to undertake refurbishment programmes; in some, they have had to remove asbestos.

Officials announced last year that the 40-room mansion, built in 1927, would need a major renovation to rewire it, fix the leaking roof and remove asbestos.

Despite that, there’s no plan to proactively remove asbestos.