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Breaking News: January 2006

(01-02-06) January 2nd, 2006 | Teachers And Parents Demand Answers A group of teachers and parents recently confronted school officials with regards to the lack of evacuation during an asbestos clean up at a school.

(01-03-06) January 3rd, 2006 | EPA To Evaluate New Asbestos Removal Method The Environmental Protection Agency is to evaluate a new method that could be used in the removal of the carcinogenic substance, asbestos.

(01-04-06) January 4th, 2006 | Multi-Million Dollar Award To Construction Company A construction company that sued its own insurer for failure to defend it in asbestos litigation cases has been awarded over $50 million.

(01-06-06) January 6th, 2006 | Asbestos Lawsuit Filed Against Shopping Mall A lawsuit has been filed against a shopping mall, and the suit alleges the improper handling and disposal of asbestos.

(01-09-06) January 9th, 2006 | Carpenter Allowed To Go Ahead With Lawsuit A carpenter who used to work for an independent contractor has been told by a California Supreme Court that he can go ahead with his lawsuit against a landowner company for exposure to asbestos, which allegedly resulted in lung cancer.

(01-10-06) January 10th, 2006 | UK MP Campaigns For Safer Asbestos Handling A Member of Parliament from the House of Commons in the United Kingdom is campaigning for the safer handling of asbestos, a potentially deadly substance that was once widely used in the UK and throughout the world in a number of areas.

(01-11-06) January 11th, 2006 | Dangerous Blue Asbestos Dumped Large quantities of a particularly dangerous type of asbestos have been found dumped.

(01-12-06) January 12th, 2006 | Rice Cleared Due To Possible Asbestos Contamination Seventeen thousand tons of rice have been cleared for consumption by humans after being clouded with fears that it may have become contaminated with asbestos, thus rendering it dangerous for human consumption.

(01-13-06) January 13th, 2006 | ABB One Step Closer To Asbestos Settlement The Swiss engineering group ABB is a step closer to resolving its asbestos settlement issues after being backed by a US Bankruptcy Court with regards to its latest settlement plan.

(01-14-06) January 14th, 2006 | Former Senator Issues Statement On Asbestos Trust Fund Earlier this month President Bush made a speech at the Chicago Economic Club, reiterating the importance of getting the much talked about asbestos trust fund bill passed this year.

(01-17-06) January 17th, 2006 | Research In Detection Of Mesothelioma Encouraging Recent research carried out into the detection and diagnosis of mesothelioma is proving encouragement according to the results published by researchers.

(01-18-06) January 18th, 2006 | Ten Percent Of Jobs Could Go At Federal Mogul Federal Mogul, a company that used to make car parts from asbestos, may be planning to cut around ten percent of its workforce while coming out of four years of bankruptcy protection.

(01-19-06) January 19th, 2006 | Uproar In UK Over Proposed Changes To Asbestos Laws A number of safety campaigners, legal experts, and members of parliament have joined forces in the UK in order to express their concerns over proposed changes that have been put forward in relation to asbestos regulations.

(01-20-06) January 20th, 2006 | Asbestos Abatement Continues At School As Renovations Go On As renovations continue at Wellesley Middle School, it has been confirmed that asbestos abatement will also be continuing.

(01-23-06) January 23rd, 2006 | Asbestos Discovered At Middle School Officials have stated that neither students nor staff are in any immediate danger after asbestos was discovered at a middle school.

(01-24-06) January 24th, 2006 | Fines Imposed By UK Environmental Agency For Asbestos Violations Charges have been brought by the UK�s Environmental Agency against a man who was not only storing asbestos onsite and failing to dispose of it properly, but also failed to provide the Environmental Agency with documentation that was requested with regards to the removal and safe disposal of the stored asbestos waste.

(01-25-06) January 25th, 2006 | UK Company Fined For Asbestos Contaminated Soil A company in the United Kingdom has been fined nearly 40,000 GBP and ordered to pay costs of over 30,000 GBP for the provision of asbestos contaminated soil.

(01-26-06) January 26th, 2006 | Contaminants From New York Terrorist Attacks Still Causing Problems Concerns have been raised over the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York�s World Trade Center.

(01-27-06) January 27th, 2006 | Council Leaders Question Failure To Find Asbestos At School Two council officials have expressed concern that asbestos was not found at a school before repairs were carried out.

(01-30-06) January 30th, 2006 | Egypt Allows Asbestos Ship To Pass Through A decommissioned French warship said to be carrying tons of asbestos has been granted passage by Egyptian authorities to pass through the Suez Canal.

(01-31-06) January 31st, 2006 | School To Begin Own Testing For Asbestos Liberty High School is to begin its own testing for pollutants such as mold and asbestos following a teacher�s concerns that her students � as well as other teachers � may be in danger of being exposed to these contaminants.

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