Q. I purchased my home about seven years ago, and my home inspector said nothing about asbestos in the attic. Recently, I decided to add more insulation and was told the insulation I have is asbestos.

Q: We bought our house about eight months ago and just learned that we have asbestos insulation on the air ducts in our attic. The sellers must have known about it because they purchased a new forced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Removing old attic insulation can improve your home's energy efficiency and air quality, but it’s not a task to jump into ...

I've known that vermiculite insulation can contain asbestos, and my advice to homeowners has always been to assume it contains asbestos and leave it alone, which is also the advice of the EPA. If the ...

For decades, a laboratory procedure known as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been used to test for asbestos in samples taken at construction sites. In 1989, the U.S. Environmental ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...