The WA Health Department has confirmed the first traces of asbestos in carpet underlay samples taken from a Perth home. It is believed some underlay manufactured before the early 1970s may have ...

Floor prep and underlayment suppliers with U.S. production have found themselves at an advantage, given the challenges of the ...

Respiratory physician Bill Musk is concerned that hessian bags used to transport deadly asbestos products were later reused as carpet underlay. Anyone who gets exposed to the underlay risks ...

The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union is calling for compulsory asbestos inspections in houses in response to the latest revelations about the use of the deadly material. The 7.30 Report last ...

Ulster Carpets, based in Portadown, is one of Northern Ireland's longest-surviving family-owned manufacturers. It has now bought over Axfelt, which makes carpet underlay and had been part of Axminster ...