asbestos

Residents of a town in Quebec, Canada, voted to change the name of the town to something not associated with the hazardous mineral.

As firefighters were still putting out hot spots at the Star Pin building in Shelton Monday afternoon, a new concern began to rise over asbestos that was carried off in the smoke. “[The smoke] deposited that contaminated material onto properties south of here for about a mile to a mile and a half,” said Jeff Chandler, a supervisor of...