About seven months after my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Obviously we both were afraid that there might be a common thread which could likely to be linked back to our house or immediate environment.

Asbestos testing was one of the first things we had done in order to see if that could be the cause for our cancers. We looked up asbestos testing services online and went with a local asbestos testing service. We actually were surprised to see them be...