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Published on April 26, 2011 - 13:36 GMT

Radon, asbestos may have contributed to Michigan police officer’s lung cancer

Prior to his death, Ann Arbor police officer and former University of Michigan football player Vada Murray filed a worker’s compensation claim alleging that radon or asbestos at the Ann Arbor city hall caused his lung cancer. Both radon and asbestos are …

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Published on March 23, 2011 - 14:03 GMT

Contaminated buildings, asbestos threaten community’s drinking water

In Chester, New York, long abandoned sheds and pumping stations are proving to be more problematic than the everyday eyesore. These buildings were constructed using what are now deemed toxic chemicals and building materials, which are now seeping into …

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Published on March 21, 2011 - 18:44 GMT

St. Louis Park, MN Mayor commends school board’s handling of asbestos concerns

In a recent interview, St. Louis Park Mayor, Jeff Jacobs addressed the issue of asbestos found at local schools and the School Board’s prompt and proper handling of the situation. Asbestos is a highly toxic mineral fiber that can be found in many old …

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Published on February 27, 2011 - 17:07 GMT

Griswold Elementary School’s demolition cost continues to rise due to asbestos

Contractors working on the demolition of Griswold Elementary School in Griswold, Connecticut have found asbestos in the glue holding up the chalkboards, caulk and other previously unchecked areas. This hazardous discovery will add an additional $149,671 …

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Published on February 22, 2011 - 20:13 GMT

Quebec’s mining glory to return to Asbestos?

The town of Asbestos, Quebec was named after the life’s blood of it’s 7,000 inhabitants. The strong, fire-resistant mineral that was so coveted during the 19th and 20th centuries was mined in Asbestos until the 1980′s when it became common knowledge that …

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Published on January 16, 2011 - 14:49 GMT

19 of 164 asbestos miners tested by India’s Institute of Occupational Health have died

On January 4th, 30 members of Rajasthan State Mine Labour Union staged a protest at the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) in Ahmedabad, India to demand the release of the institute’s report of tests it conducted on asbestos miners. …

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Published on January 5, 2011 - 16:49 GMT

Chico’s Garden Walk Mall closed until February for asbestos abatement

The Garden Walk Mall in Chico, California first had to face flooding in late December, and now it’s suffering through asbestos abatement work. Just days before Christmas, a sprinkler pipe burst, flooding shops and destroying mall carpeting. It was during …

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Published on November 13, 2010 - 14:51 GMT

Minister Louis Farrakhan says World Trade Center asbestos is “proof” of 9/11 conspiracy

There have been a lot of conspiracy theories floating around about the 9/11 attacks, but none have ever been taken too seriously. In a September interview with Al-Jazeera at his headquarters in Chicago, Minister Louis Farrakhan thought he too might throw …

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Published on October 6, 2010 - 18:27 GMT

Scranton State School for the Deaf’s low sale price blamed on the cost of asbestos removal

The cost of rehabilitating Scranton, Pennsylvania’s State School for the Deaf campus is estimated somewhere between $25 million and $30 million. The high cost of ridding the campus of environmental problems and renovating select buildings is the reason …

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Published on October 1, 2010 - 16:23 GMT

UIC will receive a total of $20.8 million in capital funding for renovation, asbestos abatement

The University of Illinois at Chicago will receive $2.5 million in capital funding so that it can begin planning major campus upgrades. Additionally, the project will receive $20.8 million through the Illinois Jobs Now! Capital construction program and …

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Published on September 27, 2010 - 17:59 GMT

New book explains the environmental disaster faced when the Twin Towers fell

The 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City caused an environmental disaster of epic proportions, exposing workers to aerosolized cement, glass, minerals, metals, and combustion soot and later plaguing them with chronic health problems. Since the attacks …

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Published on September 26, 2010 - 17:56 GMT

EPA gets ready for the second phase of the Bo-Rit asbestos investigation

The Bo-Rit site, located in Ambler, Upper Dublin and Whitpain, Pennsylvania, was placed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List in April 2009. The EPA began phase one of its investigation in November 2009. …

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Published on September 25, 2010 - 17:52 GMT

Ground Zero workers continue to worry about mesothelioma, other illnesses

The September 11 th attacks on the World Trade Center left part of Manhattan submerged under a toxic dust that would linger for months. "Everywhere you went there was dust. It was in the air. It was on the ground. It was on everything you touched, …

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Published on September 24, 2010 - 14:46 GMT

Pfizer’s fourth attempt at passing a bankruptcy plan for former asbestos unit backfires

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein of New York City denied bankruptcy exit to Pfizer Inc.’s Quigley unit, a former asbestos maker, because the company manipulated the bankruptcy process to benefit itself. This was Quigley’s fourth attempt at …

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Published on September 23, 2010 - 14:46 GMT

Queensland is making the biggest payouts for asbestos-related disease in all of Australia

Asbestos exposure and its related illnesses have Queensland, Australia worried. The region’s asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma sufferers receiving $33 million in workers’ compensation payouts last financial year, breaking Australia’s previous …

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Published on September 22, 2010 - 20:00 GMT

TomoTherapy to present 82 cancer studies at ESTRO 2010 in Barcelona

Madison-based TomoTherapy, maker of advanced radiation therapy solutions, announced that 82 studies examining the use of TomoTherapy(R) in the treatment of common, complex and rare tumors will be showcased at ESTRO 29, September 12-16, 2010, in Barcelona …

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Published on September 21, 2010 - 17:51 GMT

Asbestos lawsuits continue in West Virginia

As of August 11, 2010, 14 official complaints had already been filed with the Kanawha Circuit Court of West Virginia by 18 people suffering from asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma , a rare cancer of the lining of the chest, heart and …

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Published on September 20, 2010 - 17:49 GMT

Asbestos abatement on the schedule for two Kansas prisons

The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) has ordered abatement work at two correctional facilities when an audit turned up positive for asbestos in various buildings. The $170,000 assessment of pipe insulation, ceiling material, floor tile and other …

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Published on September 19, 2010 - 17:26 GMT

Florida Mayor ready to remove asbestos pipes

<p>By order of Mayor Judy Paul, asbestos-laden pipes will be removed from a closed mobile home park in Davie, Florida. This has been the response to worries that park reconstruction might trigger a release of the asbestos and increase the risk of …

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Published on September 18, 2010 - 17:25 GMT

Doctor dies of mesothelioma that he contracted at a UK hospital

<p>Although a hospital is supposed to be a place of health and recovery, in the case of Dr Kieran Sweeney, it was the exact opposite. At a hearing in Exeter, England, the claim was made that Sweeney died of pleural <a href="http://www. …

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