Blog Posts in October, 2010
Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Bryan Fears
A Chicago fire destroyed much of a former Toastmaster plant last week, potentially exposing local neighborhoods to risk of asbestos exposure and contamination. The 94-year-old structure is feared to ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Last week, workers at an elementary school in Berkley, California, removed carpet runners covering a large broken seam in the linoleum floor. They found a lot more than broken linoleum. Treading on ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By Bryan Fears
On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court found a 2003 tort reform law unconstitutional, saying that the law's attempt to retroactively protect a company from asbestos liability interfered with justice by an ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2010 By Bryan Fears
In response to the serious hazards posed by occupational exposure to asbestos, Congress and the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) have passed the laws and regulations necessary to ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Nearly 10 years have passed since the awful events of September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, today 10,000 first responders-firefighters, paramedics, and police officers-suffer from asbestos-related ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2010 By Bryan Fears
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has fined an apartment owner $165,400 for violating asbestos regulations by using workers untrained for asbestos abatement. According to the Seattle ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Last week, a consortium of India investors made an offer to purchase one of Canada's last, surviving asbestos mines. The bid may extend the life of the Jeffrey Mine located in the ironically and ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Earlier this month, asbestos victims won a key skirmish in the battle to secure adequate compensation for the injuries they've sustained. Judge Paul Lawrence ordered that Illinois Manufacturers ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Do you work in construction or demolition? If so, then you need to be aware of the shocking number of occasions employers have exposed their workers to asbestos. For instance, last week the New York ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2010 By Bryan Fears
owner of a Regency Mobile Home Park in Iowa City, Iowa, was fined last week by the state for air quality violations. An investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources found that Regency ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Nadyne Lavigne never worked with asbestos, but her husband, Ray, did. An electrician, Ray frequently handled asbestos-based insulation. According to Nadyne, at the end of a long day, Ray would come ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2010 By Bryan Fears
A recent investigation of the Omaha, Nebraska Police Headquarters revealed that the building posed a serious risk to police officers and the public. "Asbestos is in the ceiling and throughout the ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2010 By Bryan Fears
According to a report from a presidential cancer panel, environmental toxins, such as carcinogens like asbestos fibers, create a higher risk for cancer than previously thought. The study looked at ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Traditionally, mesothelioma has been associated exclusively with asbestos exposure. However, a recent study by the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health has determined that a ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2010 By Bryan Fears
New York asbestos inspector Saverio F. Todaro admitted recently that he lied on hundreds of reports, falsely claiming to have found no danger at numerous inspection sites when, in fact, he never ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Detroit city officials put the lives of thousands of residents at risk recently when they prepared to demolish 3,000 dilapidated homes without first inspecting the structures for asbestos or notifying ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2010 By Bryan Fears
Recent court decisions have revealed that numerous former sailors, marines, and soldiers have successfully sued the United States government for exposing them to asbestos, a lethal carcinogen that ...
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