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Breaking News: July 2006

(07-03-06) July 3rd, 2006 | More Accusations Over Federal Safety Standards At Ground Zero With doctors verifying that many of the workers that helped out at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center nearly five years ago, more concerns have been highlighted with regards to the lack of safety standards that were implemented at the site following the downfall of the asbestos laden twin towers.

(07-05-06) July 5th, 2006 | Protests Over Possible Delay With Hardie Settlements Protests have been held in Sydney over a ruling that could potentially cause delays in the payout of compensation to James Hardie asbestos victims and their families.

(07-06-06) July 6th, 2006 | Asbestos Related Hospital Admissions In Northern Ireland Double Figures recently released have indicated that the number of admissions tied to asbestos related disease have doubles over the past decade in Northern Ireland.

(07-07-06) July 7th, 2006 | City Employee Accepted Bribe In Exchange For Asbestos Removal Contract It has been revealed that a former Bridgeport city employee has pleaded guilty to charges of accepting a bribe in exchange for awarding an asbestos removal contract to an environmental engineering company.

(07-10-06) July 10th, 2006 | Prime Minister Speaks Out On James Hardie Tax Ruling Following the recent controversy over the tax ruling surrounding the James Hardie compensation fund for asbestos victims, the Prime Minister, John Howard, has spoken out.

(07-11-06) July 11th, 2006 | South African Victims Of Asbestos Related Disease Compensated The chairman of the Asbestos Relief Trust in South Africa has stated that more than $16 million has been paid out by way of compensation to victims of asbestos related diseased.

(07-12-06) July 12th, 2006 | Total Asbestos Ban To Be Passed In South Africa It has been revealed that South African officials are making plans to place a total asbestos ban by banning fibers from auto products, piping, and other structures and equipment in which the dangerous substance has been used.

(07-13-06) July 13th, 2006 | Children May Have Inhaled Asbestos After Starting Fire UK authorities have warned that a number of children that broke into a shed and started a fire may have endangered their own health.

(07-14-06) July 14th, 2006 | No Threat Posed By Asbestos In Sand Researchers from a university have stated that levels of asbestos found in the sand at Illinois Beach State Park do not pose a risk to the public.

(07-17-06) July 17th, 2006 | UK Woman Died After Washing Her Husband�s Clothes An inquest in the UK has heard how a woman from the UK died after spending years washing her husband�s work clothes, which contained fibers of the deadly substance asbestos.

(07-18-06) July 18th, 2006 | Workers Get X-Rays After Asbestos Dislodges Around a dozen workers that were undertaking maintenance jobs at Central and Western Middle Schools have had to file accident reports and get chest x-rays after asbestos was dislodged onto the gymnasium floors as a result of work being done on the roof.

(07-19-06) July 19th, 2006 | WR Grace Defendants Get Separate Trials Two of the seven WR Grace executives being charged in connection with the health risks tied to the company�s former vermiculite plant have been granted separate trials by a judge.

(07-20-06) July 20th, 2006 | Asbestos Discovered Close To Holyoke Playground City workers in Holyoke have discovered a site filled with uncovered old insulated tiles that contain asbestos.

(07-21-06) July 21st, 2006 | Asbestos Found In Storm Debris From Museum Storm damage to the Virginia Museum of Transportation has resulted in crews having to deal with asbestos laden debris, taking precautions to protect the public from being exposed to asbestos contamination that could become airborne from the debris.

(07-24-06) July 24th, 2006 | Company Pays Out Over $11 Million In Asbestos Case A San Francisco jury awarded a navy veteran over $1 million in damages for asbestos related health problems he suffered while working in the navy.

(07-25-06) July 25th, 2006 | Defense Lawyers Don�t Want Libby Victims To Testify Defense lawyers working on the W.R. Grace case over the vermiculite mine in Libby have stated that Libby victims suffering from lung disease as a result of the pollution should not be able to testify in the trial because it would cause �extraordinary prejudice� to the jurors in the trial.

(07-26-06) July 26th, 2006 | Government Says No To Hardie Tax Break The Howard Government has rejected appeals by James Hardie to be given tax concessions on its multi-billion dollar compensation fund for asbestos victims, which could put the whole deal at risk according to the troubled building products manufacturer.

(07-27-06) July 27th, 2006 | Allegations Of Illegal Asbestos Burial Allegations have been made that officials in Rainelle, West Virginia, have been illegally burying materials containing deadly asbestos in a field.

(07-28-06) July 28th, 2006 | Asbestos Widow Received Compensation A woman whose husband died from an asbestos related disease has received an undisclosed sum of compensation.

(07-31-06) July 31st, 2006 | Investigation Into Auburn City Asbestos Dumping It has been reported that state and federal investigators are looking into the possibility that asbestos has been illegally dumped in an Auburn City landfill by Cayuga County officials.

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