Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Yesterday, shipbuilders in Scotland won a landmark court victory for asbestos victims, particularly patients who suffer from asbestos-induced pleural plaques. The British high court awarded more than ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By Bryan Fears
The University of Hawaii gave encouraging news to asbestos victims this week when it announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the University of Hawaii Cancer Center $4.3 million ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Reg Grimshaw, a British steelworker, died last year after an unexpected - and unexpectedly short - battle with mesothelioma. Exposed to asbestos fibers housed in pipe insulation at his workplace, ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By Bryan Fears
School administrators at PS 143 in Corona, Queens, New York, evacuated roughly 100 children last month after leaking water in the roof interrupted several teachers' lessons. Today, parents of ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Bryan Fears
McCombs Middle School unexpectedly closed on Wednesday after workers removed asbestos-based ceiling tiles on Wednesday during their reconstruction work. For parents in Des Moines, Iowa, with children ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Bryan Fears
This week, a demolition manager in East St. Louis, Illinois, and a developer in Kansas City, Missouri, admitted in separate federal cases to violating provisions of the Clean Air Act related to ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Bryan Fears
In May 2009, employees of the Medford School Department improperly disposed of asbestos tiling during reconstruction efforts at the Curtis Tufts Alternative School. Cleaning crews who were operating ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By Bryan Fears
Citizens of Hobart, Oklahoma, are excited that their long-time Oklahoma National Guard armory will get a new lease on life as a county jail, bringing much needed jobs to the rural town. The state's ...
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