Bookmark Us (Ctrl+D)
(10-10-07) October 10th, 2007 | School Violated Asbestos Laws A Washington State elementary school was fined for violating the Clean Air Act while removing asbestos. The school had removed flooring at Stewart Elementary earlier this year.
(10-01-07) October 1, 2007 | Decaying Asbestos Poses Threat to School The director of an elementary school in Georgia is recommending that one school undergo asbestos abatement. He said that the asbestos in ceilings tiles there is starting to decay.
(10-02-07) October 2th, 2007 | Asbestos Hospital To Be Demolished An old hospital in Ohio has gotten the green light to have its asbestos removed and then be demolished. The work will allow the lot to be used for more housing in the up and coming neighborhood.
(10-03-07) October 3rd, 2007 | New York Building Plagued With Problems, Asbestos A building that is under demolition at Ground Zero is drawing attention from OSHA after a couple of accidents. It was also discovered that the building had asbestos removed by unlicensed, unprotected workers.
(10-04-07) October 4th, 2007 | Minnesota Insulators Remember Asbestos Victims At a memorial service last weekend, the Heat and Frost Insulators Local 34 Union in Minnesota dedicated a plaque to fallen comrades. Most of the victims on the plaque died of asbestos-related diseases.
(10-05-07) October 5th, 2007 | Asbestos Closes Down Busy Virginia Street A busy thoroughfare in Roanoke, Virginia has been close down as an annex is removed in downtown. The roads had to be shut down until hazardous asbestos could be removed the existing buildings.
(10-06-07) October 6th, 2007 | Asbestos May Be Behind Office Building Illnesses Workers at a building in Indiana are wondering if the asbestos present in their workplace has something to do with employees’ illnesses. Some of the people that work in the building have been diagnosed with cancer, a known result of asbestos exposure.
(10-07-07) October 7th, 2007 | Asbestos Victims Want Payout Lawyers for asbestos victims trying to sue pharmaceutical giant Pfizer are urging the bankruptcy court to speed along the company’s Chapter 11 suit. The bankruptcy allows Pfizer to ignore lawsuits until they emerge from Chapter 11.
(10-08-07) October 8th, 2007 | Atlanta Police May Have Been Exposed to Asbestos Police that are stationed in an old Atlanta, Georgia building are nervously waiting for answers. On top of risking their lives everyday to protect the innocent, they may have been exposed to asbestos in their headquarters for more than a year.
(10-09-07) October 9th, 2007 | Sioux City Settles Asbestos Suit Sioux City has come to an agreement with a property manager over a pile of asbestos left in town. The asbestos was the remnants of the demolished Livestock Exchange Building that was damaged in a fire.
(10-11-07) October 11th, 2007 | Judgment Passed in Asbestos Cases A New York judge announced this week that a defunct company’s insurance carrier can still be held liable for asbestos lawsuits. The decision allows more than 20,000 individuals to file suit against the insurance company.
(10-12-07) October 12th, 2007 | Asbestos Still a Problem In Cayuga County The asbestos found in Cayuga County official buildings in New York is still posing problems. The buildings are undergoing abatement to remove the deadly asbestos, and displacing many county employees.
(10-13-07) October 13th, 2007 | Courthouse Gets Asbestos Removed A county courthouse was given a clean bill of health after deadly asbestos was removed from it. The asbestos was found in the basement when the courthouse was scheduled for an electrical update.
(10-14-07) October 14th, 2007 | Asbestos Leaves California Students Homeless Students at a community college were living on campus in trailers while participating in a work-study program. The trailers are dilapidated, with some of them showing asbestos in the walls and ceilings.
(10-15-07) October 15th, 2007 | Asbestos Ban Proposed Asbestos has received much negative attention, and many people think that the material has been banned in the United States. While bans on the material were placed in the 1980s, the material itself is still legal.
(10-16-07) October 16th, 2007 | Asbestos In Hotel Under Investigation Workers at a hotel in Columbia, South Carolina are concerned that they are being lied to. When asked about the presence of asbestos, officials told the workers there was no asbestos. But employees are able to point out pieces of the deadly material.
(10-17-07) October 7th, 2007 | Asbestos Settlement Awards Over $2 Million An electrician that worked in the Santa Clara area of California for more than 40 years was exposed to asbestos for most of his career. This week, several companies reached a settlement with the family of the diseased man.
(10-18-07) October 18th, 2007 | Libby Asbestos Affecting Neighboring City Residents of a small Montana town had a town meeting last week regarding asbestos from neighboring Libby. The asbestos from the notorious town seems to have become airborne, affecting Troy, Montana.
(10-19-07) October 19th, 2007 | New York Building Given Asbestos Fines A co-op in New York has been fined for violating asbestos restrictions after workers were told to replace piping in a crawlspace. The allegations state that co-op officials sent workers into the crawlspace without protection or notification of asbestos.
(10-20-07) October 20th, 2007 | Asbestos Rubble Removed From Marco Island Rubble that is laced with asbestos is being removed from a public site on Marco Island and is being taken to a local landfill. The material was removed from a future park site that has been under scrutiny for almost a year due to the presence of asbestos.
(10-21-07) October 21st, 2007 | Asbestos Halts Tampa Library Demolition A new library, senior center and Head Start facility will have to wait for its building until demolition is complete on the current, old library. Demolition was stopped when a routine check revealed the building contains asbestos.
(10-22-07) October 22nd, 2007 | School Roof Raises Asbestos Concern A school roof that collapsed last week is now causing more concern when asbestos was found at the site. Since the roof collapsed and the building is unstable, removing the asbestos may be an issue.
(10-23-07) October 23, 2007 | Residents Suing Over Asbestos Residents in a California mobile home community are suing a contractor that was hired to renovate the clubhouse. The residents state that the contractor exposed them to asbestos.
(10-24-07) October 24th, 2007 | Blown Insulation May Contain Asbestos When considering the safety of a home, many people disregard the presence of asbestos in parts of the home. Though asbestos may be present, it can also serve a very valid purpose.
(10-25-07) October 25th, 2007 | Resident Complains About Asbestos Waste A man in Pennsylvania has a big problem with his neighbor. Between the nose, the commotion and the trash that blows into his yard, he has reported all problems to officials with no avail. The problem is that the neighbor is a waste transfer site, and the trash contains asbestos.
(10-26-07) October 26th, 2007 | Representative’s Death Spurs Asbestos Petition Before the state Representative of New Mexico passed away from lung cancer, he indicated that he thought he had contracted the disease from working with asbestos at a state laboratory. Since his death, a petition has been formed to compensate workers that utilized dangerous materials.
(10-27-07) October 27th, 2007 | Widow Pursues Asbestos Lawsuit A ruling this week will allow a widow to continue her asbestos lawsuit in New York. The lawsuit is against a cable manufacturing company that supplied items to her husband’s company, which contained asbestos.
(10-28-07) October 28th, 2007 | Old Pipes Deliver Asbestos in Water The people in a small Georgia town were told that their water could be harmful considering the high levels of asbestos found in it. But since then, officials have done little to resolve the problem.
(10-29-07) October 29th, 2007 | Dumped Asbestos Found in State Park The tranquil walking, biking and dog paths in Illinois Beach State Park is one of the last places that people would think of being poisoned. But the park has a dangerous, hidden killer among the wildflowers; illegally dumped asbestos.
(10-30-07) October 30th, 2007 | Asbestos Complaints Drowned Out by Marching Band As the residents of an apartment building protested the presence of asbestos in their homes, the landlord decided to hire a marching band to drown out the complaints. The move backfired; instead of drawing attention away from the protesters, the band accumulated a larger crowd for them.
(10-31-07) October 31th, 2007 | Georgia Signs Asbestos Bill The state of Georgia has signed a bill limiting asbestos lawsuits within the state. Georgia now joins six other states with the same restrictions, among them Florida and Ohio.
Additional Stories:
Breaking Mesothelioma News: 
April 2008 (30 Articles)March 2008 (31 Articles)February 2008 (29 Articles)January 2008 (31 Articles)December 2007 (31 Articles)November 2007 (30 Articles)October 2007 (31 Articles)September 2007 (21 Articles)August 2007 (23 Articles)July 2007 (21 Articles)June 2007 (21 Articles)May 2007 (22 Articles)April 2007 (21 Articles)March 2007 (22 Articles)February 2007 (19 Articles)January 2007 (22 Articles)December 2006 (20 Articles)November 2006 (21 Articles)October 2006 (22 Articles)September 2006 (20 Articles)August 2006 (23 Articles)July 2006 (20 Articles)June 2006 (23 Articles)May 2006 (21 Articles)April 2006 (20 Articles)March 2006 (23 Articles)February 2006 (20 Articles)January 2006 (21 Articles)December 2005 (22 Articles)November 2005 (21 Articles)October 2005 (21 Articles)September 2005 (20 Articles)August 2005 (23 Articles)July 2005 (20 Articles)June 2005 (22 Articles)May 2005 (21 Articles)April 2005 (21 Articles)March 2005 (23 Articles)February 2005 (20 Articles)January 2005 (20 Articles)December 2004 (23 Articles)November 2004 (22 Articles)October 2004 (21 Articles)September 2004 (22 Articles)August 2004 (22 Articles)July 2004 (22 Articles)June 2004 (18 Articles)May 2004 (5 Articles)
