Earlier this month, we wrote about the fact that asbestos still exists in many schools worldwide.  Asbestos is a naturally occuring mineral that was used in many industrial and building materials to resist heat and corrision.  Due to it’s insulating and heat-resistant properties, it was often used in schools for roofing, ceiling and floor tiles, cement, [...]

Following up on the last entry about finding asbestos present in schools, the NSW Department of Education and Training found three more public schools in Cowra, a town in the Central West of New South Wales, to contain the potentially deadly mineral. Representatives from the Department of Education stress that these findings are a result [...]

Almost every day there is an article about asbestos found at a school in the United States or abroad, causing a health hazard to students, staff and contractors. Just in the last week alone, the following schools were dealing with the issue of safety and asbestos removal:

Bedford Schools and asbestos in floor tiles
Indian Hills Junior [...]