<p>Senator Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to consider recycling, removing, or destroying asbestos at a Superfund site contaminated with the deadly substance. The massive site spans parts of Ambler, Upper Dublin, …
<p>In the wake of the federal trial against W.R. Grace & Co., residents of <a href="http://www.maacenter.org/jobsites/other/libby.php">Libby, Montana</a> and other analysts are trying to understand how Grace got off the …
<p>A crew of cleanup workers has begun the process of removing the debris from the site of the Easter fire that consumed dozens of cabins at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center in Alton Bay, New Hampshire. Asbestos was found in the debris after …
<p>In Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, preparations to demolish the State Road Shopping Center plaza are underway. Officials say that the plaza should be nothing more than a memory by this fall. Cuyahoga Falls is expected to award a nearly $2 million contract …
<p>The historic Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin is in need of asbestos abatement and major renovations. State officials knew the project would be a multi-million dollar investment. Initial estimates placed the cost in the …
<p>In Rantoul, Illinois, students won’t have to suffer when the mercury rises for much longer. By 2011, all non-air-conditioned classrooms will be fitted with cooling systems. The problem is currently so severe that students are sent home …
<p>When people think of Silicon Valley, computers and technology companies spring to mind. But just outside of Silicon Valley, there is a beautiful piece of public land that is ideally suited for hiking, picnics, nature enthusiasts, and dirt bike …
<p>Even though summer vacation has begun, the schools in Nevada’s Washoe County School District are bustling with activity. This is because 50 schools in the district are undergoing various upgrades, including the removal of toxic asbestos, …
<p>At Annie’s Old World Pizza in Geneva, Ohio, demolition crews have completed asbestos removal, and have begun the process of tearing down the building. According to City Manager Jim Pearson, “Demolition is moving along… …
<p>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a condition that thousands of people in the UK, and many more all around the world, must cope with every day. COPD is a blanket term that covers a range of conditions, such as emphysema and …
<p>The historic Northern Hotel in Billings, Montana is under new ownership. New owners Mike and Chris Nelson, a team of brothers, are hoping to win back former customers and restore the aging hotel’s former prestige. The brothers are …
<p>The Huffington Post’s Sandy Tolan recently opened American eyes to the harsh realities of the shipbreaking industry. Shipbreaking is a practice of recycling and cannibalizing aging ships for new uses. Shipbreaking is prevalent in …
<p>A St. Louis apartment building is undergoing intensive renovations. Work on the Ford Apartment building project stopped six months ago, but now the building is filled with teams of workers. The building is owned by Blue Shutters Development, which …
<p>The shipping port of Marystown, Newfoundland is home to the Marystown Shipyard Families Alliance, an organization dedicated to providing support to shipyard workers and their families. It is well known that shipyard workers face an elevated risk …
<p>Harvard Law School students Justin Raphael and Andrew Furlow have been given a rare opportunity to help prepare an oral argument that was presented by constitutional scholar Samuel Issacharoff to the U.S. Supreme Court. Issacharoff is a professor …
<p>The city of Nahariya, Israel, has been found to contain one of the highest concentrations of mesothelioma patients in the world. According to Israeli health official Dr. Micha Bar-Hana, 5.72 out of every 100,000 people in the district have …
<p>The Environmental Protection Agency has declared a public health emergency in and around Libby, Montana. The announcement was made on Wednesday. Libby is the site of a former mining operation run by W. R. Grace & Co. Grace ran the mine …
<p>The final defendant in the W. R. Grace asbestos crimes case has been acquitted. This week, federal prosecutors dismissed the charges against the only remaining defendant in the criminal case against Grace. Last month, Grace and three of the …
<p>In Newport News, Virginia, the family of a retired Navy sailor has reason to rejoice. Gerald Gray’s family has just won $1.2 million after raising a lawsuit against a manufacturer of parts for ships. Gerald Gray passed away in April …
<p>The death of a 62 year old man in the Cotswold region of England has prompted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his passing. Brian Ratcliff worked during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a fitter of TV antennas. His career brought him …
