Asbestos abatement / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...asbestos fibers. Why was asbestos from the Libby mine so common? While Canada had major asbestos mines, particularly in Quebec, which produced chrysotile asbestos for a wide range of building materials, these mines were not the source of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite. The vast majority of vermiculite insulation sol...

...Asbestos was commonly found in insulation, flooring, wall coverings, paints, sealants, pipe covers and ducts. The uses of asbestos were wide ranging; below see a list of when asbestos was phased out of various building materials. Asbestos covered ducts found during a renovation project waiting for asbestos abatement s...