Philadelphia police officer Paul Zenak is suing the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Police Department in the Court of Common Pleas, claiming that he and the children involved in a police department-run after-school homework …
A New Haven, Connecticut family was awarded $2.4 million in damages for the death of their loved one, who was a tile setter and spent years exposed to asbestos from not only the tiles themselves but the mortar used in between them. According to a report …
Workers were jackhammering a balcony for removal at an old structure in Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York last Friday when an asbestos-filled ceiling partially collapsed on them, leaving many of the laborers with cuts and bruises and causing fear …
It was a victory last week for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chemist who was fired in 2010 for exposing the dangers to firefighters and other emergency personnel from the dust-filled air at ground zero during the days and weeks after the Twin …
Several hundred individuals that work for the Idaho Department of Labor received an unexpected administrative leave last Friday afternoon when their building was evacuated and they were sent home due to the discovery of dangerous asbestos dust inside the …
A group of researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) has reported that once-promising cancer drugs that were dismissed due to problems with high toxicity, poor stability, and low solubility could be revived again using nanotechnology. …
A discovery by a team of University of Ottawa researchers, published in this month’s scientific journal Nature, could eventually have a huge impact on how doctors will treat diseases including cancer, stroke, and heart disease, says an article in the …
Cited for exposing workers to asbestos, Castle Metals in Franklin Park, Illinois – near Chicago – recently paid $63,500 in OSHA-imposed fines for what the agency deemed “serious health violations”. According to an article in the Chicago Sun Times, the …
The Montreal-based Chrysotile Asbestos Group, a pro-asbestos lobbying group formed in 1984 and backed by the Canadian government, announced this past weekend that they would be dissolving. It’s a decision, say business experts, that indicates the country’s …
The mayor of Massillon, Ohio has announced that the city’s oldest operating fire station will close on May 1 because the poor condition of the building represents a major health risk for firefighters and others who work inside. According to an article in …
In order to facilitate sprinkler installation in the Senate subway tunnels underneath the U.S. Capitol building, contractors recently had to remove asbestos. The problem, says the union that represents the Capitol police officers, was that no one told the …
This week, three U.S. Congressmen introduced the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act, which will require that all asbestos bankruptcy trusts “disclose claims and exposure allegations while providing third-party discovery in asbestos civil lawsuits …
Late last week, a 10-year survivor of peritoneal mesothelioma testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, asking them to fund crucial research that would …
An asbestos-filled building that was functioning as overflow housing at the University of Colorado in Boulder will be coming down shortly, announced university officials earlier this week. According to an article in the Boulder Daily Camera, the building …
A steam pipe rupture that occurred last week in downtown St. Louis is said to have spewed dirt and asbestos debris across an entire city block, explains an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Now locals are concerned about what’s left sitting around in …
Visitors to the Rainbow Springs State Park near Central Florida’s Gulf Coast won’t be able to take advantage of the park’s visitor center or gift shop for the remainder of the high season because a January fire damaged asbestos-containing tiles, flooring, …
The tiny drug-toting robots known as nanoparticles may represent a life-changing event in the battle against a variety of types of cancer, says a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based bio-science firm after completing a Phase I clinical trial which showed that …
In the aftermath of an early springtime torrent of damaging storms, Kentucky officials are warning homeowners, business owners, contractors, and others involved in the clean-up of storm debris to be on the lookout for dangerous asbestos. A story reported …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that they completed testing on a number of different types of cosmetics that contain talc, responding to inquiries from the general public about the presence of asbestos in those products. …
The people of Libby, Montana may be able to breathe a little easier – or may not – when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency releases its final assessment of the amphibole asbestos situation in the small Montana town that is at the center of the …
