LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are aiming to crack down on asbestos-abatement companies by assessing a $100 notification fee, requiring background checks on contractors and mandating increased state ...

At a time when blight removal is at historic highs and a record number of contractors are getting into the asbestos-abatement business in Michigan, the state's worker safety agency rarely gets tough ...

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Bay City contractor Roy Bradley Sr. recruited workers at a homeless shelter and paid them cash to remove pipes wrapped in insulation made with asbestos. The workers had no training, no protective gear ...

Signs warning of asbestos cover the Central Campus Recreational Building while under construction. Alyssa Mulligan/Daily. Buy this photo. As demolition began on the Central Campus Recreation Building ...

On Friday, May 29, 2015, staff at Central Michigan University's Office of Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety were informed of elevated levels of asbestos in the air of the first and ...

The purpose of this asbestos program is to protect the health of Western Michigan University employees who may be exposed to asbestos and to ensure adherence to regulations governing asbestos exposure ...

DETROIT (AP) - Michigan’s state worker safety agency didn’t issue fines in the majority of asbestos abatement cases where it found serious violations during the past seven years, and not one company ...