# About

> Who runs Asbestos Removal Lab, how the guides are researched, and what the site does not do.

Canonical: https://asbestosremovallab.com/about/

Last updated: 2026-11-08

Asbestos Removal Lab is an independent editorial site about asbestos in
    buildings: what testing proves, how abatement and encapsulation differ, what
    each job costs, and which regulations apply to a removal. We are not a licensed
    abatement contractor, an inspector or a laboratory, and we do not take samples
    or certify clearance.

## What we publish

- Cost guides that separate inspection, abatement, disposal, clearance testing and rebuild.

- Method guides on removal, encapsulation and enclosure, and the surfaces each suits.

- Testing guides that distinguish what a bulk sample, an air sample and a clearance test each prove.

- Plain-language explainers for NESHAP, OSHA and state notification rules.

- Contractor guides: licence, insurance, notification, disposal paperwork and clearance.

## How we work

- EPA and OSHA text, then state program pages, before any secondary summary.

- Regulatory requirements quoted with the citation, never paraphrased into vagueness.

- Ranges, not fake precision; an estimate is labelled and its inputs are shown.

- Affiliate links disclosed; placement never follows commission.

## Who writes it

    The byline is **Asbestos Removal Lab Editorial Team**, edited by
    [Noor Haddad](/authors/). Every article lists its sources, and
    every cost figure names the document or price guide it came from. When a reader
    sends a quote that contradicts a band, the band and the quote both go on the page.

## What we do not do

    We do not inspect, sample, remove or clear asbestos, and nothing here is a
    substitute for a licensed assessment. If a material may be friable, the
    response is to stop work, keep the area closed and call a licensed abatement
    contractor and your state asbestos program — our role is to explain the process
    and what it should cost.

## Contact

    Corrections, documents and disagreements are welcome:
    [contact@asbestosremovallab.com](mailto:contact@asbestosremovallab.com).