<p>A plumber from Lewisham, England, has thrown his support behind a government initiative to protect future generations from asbestos exposure. Chris Morgan is suffering from <a href="http://www.maacenter.org/mesothelioma/"> …
<p>Throughout the country of Australia during the final week of November, many citizens committed to learning more about the terrible illnesses that can be caused by exposure to asbestos. The Australian government honored those who had died from …
<p>The Environmental Protection Agency is working with officials from both the City of Libby and Montana’s Lincoln County Health Board to implement institutional controls. These measures would protect the public from any remaining …
<p>After a period of inactivity, a program that screens Ohio workers for work-related lung cancer is back on track. A cancer screening program for former workers at a plant in Piketon, Ohio was officially rebooted last week. The Early Lung Cancer …
<p>Just outside Athens, Georgia, workers who had been preparing to renovate the old Colbert school were forced to place their work on hold when asbestos was discovered in the school last week. Inspectors visited the site last month and uncovered the …
<p>Libby, Montana is a city that is steeped in asbestos-related despair. Once home to a bustling mine operated by W.R. Grace & Co., it was later discovered that the mine released asbestos into the air and sickened thousands of area residents …
<p>Tuesday, December 8<sup>th</sup> at the Town and Country Convention Center in San Diego, Dr. Charles F. von Gunten will host a lecture on Palliative Care Options for Mesothelioma Patients. The Associate Clinical Professor at the …
<p>In Potsdam, New York, a handful of asbestos abatement projects at the Potsdam Civic Center have been completed. The total cost of the projects was $50,000, and including removal projects in the basement, courtroom and office area of the building, …
<p>In Mexico, Missouri, a former brick-making factory that is tainted with asbestos may start producing bricks again in the coming years. For decades the economy of Mexico revolved around brick-making, to the extent that now a museum has opened up in …
<p>In Alberta, Canada, an investigation into an asbestos incident at the Suncor Energy facility will be conducted by the government’s Occupational Health and Safety division. The asbestos was discovered during maintenance on a furnace. …
<p>Residents of Libby, Montana, are up in arms over yet another asbestos-related issue. The residents of the community, long plagued with asbestos-related health issues like mesothelioma due to the presence of the asbestos-tainted vermiculite mines …
<p>In New Britain, Connecticut, Mayor Timothy Stewart has a plan for revitalizing downtown, and it starts with tackling the asbestos-laden police station. He hopes to break ground on a new police station in 2010. </p> <p>“If you …
<p>In Great Falls, Montana, fears related to asbestos exposure have forced the closure of the Great Falls Job Service office. The asbestos was believed to have been released during ongoing renovation work at the building where the job service office …
<p>In Hillsboro, Oregon, a former school building constructed over 80 years ago has been demolished, and it has been announced that the rubble from the demolition will be recycled. The Hillsboro Union High School first opened its doors in 1929. …
<p>The BBC reports that the city council of Edinburgh, Scotland, has been fined the equivalent of $23,000 in American currency due to a violation of asbestos regulations. 10 city employees were exposed to asbestos fibers and particulate matter during …
<p>In Cabazon, California, an aging elementary school building has been slated for demolition. The former Cabazon Elementary School is known to contain asbestos, a material once commonly used in materials like insulation or fireproofing materials. …
<p>In North Waco, Texas, neighbors of a vacant former school campus are looking forward to seeing the facility transformed into a day care center. The school facility will be re-opened in the fall of 2010 as a day care for use by employees of the …
<p>According to police officials in Dayton, Ohio, a local man who was supposed to remove asbestos from the old Dunbar High School was in fact perpetrating a scheme to defraud the school and steal valuable copper piping from the walls of the building. …
<p>In the land down under, asbestos has been a hot topic in recent months. Australian workers are worried about asbestos exposure from various products, as well as the inability of corporations like James Hardie to compensate victims of asbestos- …
<p>In Pueblo, Colorado, just over one year has passed since a lethal explosion tore through the site of the Branch Inn, killing one woman, injuring several others, and damaging many local businesses. The explosion, fueled by natural gas, affected a …
