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 ...

The Western Australian Health Department says an investigation has found there is a very low risk to the public from asbestos fibres contained in old carpet underlay in some Perth homes. The ...

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 ...