If a grayish, pebble-like substance lurks silently in the attic of an older home, ignorance on the part of the owner will not work out to be bliss. In some homes built between 1919 and 1990, ...

My house was built in 1973 and has about 6 inches of granular insulation that I think is vermiculite between floor joists. I am thinking of adding a radiant barrier to the attic, or should I beef up ...

As many as 30 million houses in the United States may have asbestos-contaminated insulation from Libby’s vermiculite mine installed in their attics. Now a hand-held test can confirm if someone’s home ...

Health Canada is preparing to issue guidelines to Canadians on how to protect themselves from a potentially hazardous form of insulation that some experts say could be in the attics of hundreds of ...

Winnipeg laboratories have seen a huge increase in the in the number of homeowners who want their insulation tested for asbesto in the wake of a Health Canada warning on vermiculite insulation.

Hey, Cecil: My wife and I had a very unpleasant experience selling our house after our buyer’s inspector came back with a report of vermiculite in our attic. After a week of stress and an $80 test, it ...

Canada Mortgage and Housing says it has no plans to implement special rules to ensure home buyers are told if a house has vermiculite insulation containing asbestos. CMHC officials say the ...

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a pamphlet informing homeowners about the potential dangers associated with a certain type of home insulation that may be contaminated with ...