The governor of Vermont, during a recent conversation about the former Vermont Asbestos Group mines in the towns of Lowell and Eden, told constituents that he didn’t find it necessary to do anything about the mines, which have been of major concern to …
Representatives from the Canadian asbestos industry are appealing to the federal government in Ottawa to help them challenge death toll estimates released by the World Health Organization (WHO) which state that more than 100,000 people each year die of …
A Wall Street Journal article has announced that a suit was filed earlier this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan against Johns-Manville Corporation on behalf of plaintiffs from England, Greece, and Malta who claim they were exposed to asbestos …
The neighbors of a midtown Kansas City, Missouri development saw themselves move one step closer to justice last week when the developer of the Citadel Plaza admitted that he had committed countless asbestos-related violations while working on the retail …
The Joplin, Missouri School District announced this week that changes in asbestos handling regulations are continuing to slow down the demolition of severely ravaged schools in that city. An article in the Joplin Globe reports that the Missouri …
Emerging from a decade-old bankruptcy that was originally filed in April 2001, W.R. Grace and Company has announced that – in accordance with its reorganization plan – they will be placing $19.5 million in a trust that will compensate victims sickened by …
Affordable Housing Network Inc., owners of the Hawthorne Hills Apartments in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been assessed a fine of $60,000 for a number of asbestos-related violations that occurred when the group undertook renovations at the low income housing …
During an interview last week with The New Mexican, State House Speaker Ben Lujan told a reporter that his Stage 4 lung cancer was no doubt caused by the work he did at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) from the 1960s through the 1980s. Lujan, …
A roofing contractor in Central Louisiana pleaded guilty earlier this week to two counts of illegally disposing of hazardous waste materials by burning them, including asbestos shingles he removed from renovation jobs his company had completed. According …
Clean-up and demolition at a suburban Philadelphia asbestos insulation and paper plant began this week and is expected to be completed by summer, making way for a new sewage treatment plant in the city of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania …
The Armstrong School District in Western Pennsylvania is considering the demolition of an old high school in Rural Valley but is concerned by the fact that the structure, now functioning as a storage warehouse, is littered with asbestos. According to an …
LAB Chrysotile Inc., owner of the Lac D’Amiante mine near Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada and one of only two survivors of the Canadian asbestos industry, has declared bankruptcy, citing severely declining revenues and high fixed costs. According to an …
Faced with paying a $15.2 million jury award that was given to a former oil and well worker during a trial in 2010, oil giant Conoco Phillips is appealing the award, hoping the decision in the case of the plaintiff who developed from on-the-job asbestos …
An Albany resident who serves both as a preacher and school principal has been accused of illegally removing asbestos from one of his rental properties and of failing to tell workmen that they were at risk for asbestos exposure, notes a story aired on WNYT …
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and the Canadian Voices of Asbestos Victims have come together to write and release a document they are calling “The North American Declaration to Eliminate Asbestos-Related Diseases.” The first …
Notices that read “Danger. Asbestos Cancer and Lung Disease Hazard” popped up in various places at the Marine Drive Apartments in downtown Buffalo last Friday, prompting concern from residents who were given no explanation as to why the signs were posted. …
Members of the Asbestos, Lead, and Hazardous Waste Laborers’ Union Local 78 organized a protest this week at UBS in Stamford, Connecticut, attempting to point out that asbestos can kill when it’s not removed properly. The protest, according to an article …
Officials in Warren, Ohio are proud to report that the site that was once the biggest blemish on the city’s landscape is now cleaned up and ready for reuse. According to an article in the Business Journal Daily, an area known as the Mahoningside site along …
Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has begun the movement for a global ban on asbestos. Over the weekend, Rudd successfully pushed an amendment into Labor Party policy. The amendment is a commitment from Australia in the effort towards an asbestos …
Recent research by the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Cancer Research found that injected neon green spray actually helps doctors find even the smallest cancerous tumors that often are missed through more traditional methods like magnetic …
