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Breaking News: May 2005

(05-02-05) May 2nd, 2005 | Building Still Standing Due To Asbestos Sunnyslope Facility, Ottumwa, still stands even though it was scheduled for demolition, and this is because of recent tests that have shown the presence of asbestos within the building, even though an asbestos removal company has already gone out to the site twice to deal with the removal of this deadly substance.

(05-03-05) May 3rd, 2005 | No Contamination Proven Following Teachers Concerns Following concerns that have been raised over pollution with asbestos and other toxic substances at Brien McMahon High School, it is claimed that there is no evidence of pollution and that thorough testing has been carried out.

(05-04-05) May 4th, 2005 | Police Back Where They Belong The Police Department at Long Beach has at long last returned to its rightful place � its original downtown offices from which it was evacuated three years ago due to the presence of asbestos and other toxic substances.

(05-05-05) May 5th, 2005 | Small UK Survey Shows Asbestos Education Still Required A small survey carried out on one hundred staff members aged between nineteen and sixty-three has indicated that far more is required in the way of educating the public about the dangers of asbestos exposure.

(05-06-05) May 6th, 2005 | Washington Post Reports Asbestos Trust Compensation Bill Introduced A report in the Washington Post has stated that Senator Arlen Specter has this week introduced a bill that will provide for a $140 billion trust fund for victims of asbestos exposure.

(05-09-05) May 9th, 2005 | Asbestos Does European Commission A Favor In 1991 European Commission officials were moved out of their headquarters at the Berlaymont building after high levels of asbestos were found throughout the building.

(05-10-05) May 10th, 2005 | Asbestos Site Families To Be Moved As many as 27 families in the Klamath Falls area are to be temporarily relocated as steps being taken by federal officials.

(05-11-05) May 11th, 2005 | Asbestos Trust Fund Bill Hits Problems Again It seems that in the world of asbestos litigation the creation and introduction of an asbestos trust fund has been dominating the news for some time.

(05-12-05) May 12th, 2005 | EPA Starts Playground Asbestos Investigation Residents and visitors to El Dorado Hills will be surprised to see a bunch of adults playing in the open areas in boiler type suits.

(05-13-05) May 13th, 2005 | Family Of Deceased Asbestos Cancer Sufferer Is Awarded Millions In Compensation The family of a man that died from asbestos-related cancer has been awarded over three million dollars in compensation.

(05-16-05) May 16th, 2005 | Asbestos Trust Fund Branded A �Government Slush Fund� A conservative lobby has dubbed the asbestos trust fund bill proposal a �government slush fund�.

(05-17-05) May 17th, 2005 | Abandoned Homes Containing Asbestos Used For Training Purposes A county official from San Juan has expressed concern over the growing number of abandoned properties in the area that contain asbestos, and has suggested that these buildings are set on fire in order to alleviate the problem.

(05-18-05) May 18th, 2005 | El Dorado Hills Residents Not Convinced Following a study on soil in a children�s play area, El Dorado Hills residents are not convinced that the Environmental Protection Agency has produced any particularly convincing results from the study.

(05-19-05) May 19th, 2005 | Group Aims To Stop Asbestos Removal Method The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in Washington has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Families for Asbestos Compliance, Testing and Safety.

(05-20-05) May 20th, 2005 | Political Group Focuses On Asbestos A new political organization has purchased over $200,000 worth of ads in various states, which it plans to run in order to drum up opposition to the asbestos trust fund bill that is likely to be voted on this month by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

(05-23-05) May 23rd, 2005 | Families Evacuated Following Fire Forty families in the Plainfield area were recently evacuated from their home following a fire at the InterRoyal Mill.

(05-24-05) May 24th, 2005 | Man Faces Asbestos Violation Charges A man from Wadsworth is facing charges of violating asbestos disposal regulations between November 2003 and February 2004.

(05-25-05) May 25th, 2005 | Man Imprisoned For Illegal Asbestos Handling A Cheyenne man is to spend eighteen months in federal prison after illegally handling asbestos.

(05-26-05) May 26th, 2005 | RAND Study On Asbestos Litigation A recent study by the RAND Corporation has revealed that between the 1970s and 2002, over 730,000 people in the United States alone filed for asbestos related injury compensation, amounting to over seventy billion dollars in payouts from companies and insurance agencies.

(05-27-05) May 27th, 2005 | Widow Of Buckingham Palace Staff Member Receives Compensation The widow of a man that worked at Buckingham Palace in London has received compensation after the man was exposed to asbestos and subsequently died from mesothelioma.

(05-31-05) May 31st, 2005 | Asbestos Victim Awarded $500,000 � But Gets Nothing From Defendant A Madison County man who contracted an asbestos-related cancer from products containing asbestos has been awarded $500,000 by a jury in an asbestos trial.

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