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 ...

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 ...

Your carpet might be putting you at a greater risk of developing cancer, warns a Respiratory physician The program interviewed several people who believed some mesothelioma victims had been exposed to ...

Thousands of Australians who have renovated their homes and ripped up old carpets may have exposed themselves to deadly asbestos fibres. Last night ABC1's 7.30 Report revealed James Hardie knew that ...

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 ...