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Breaking News: September 2007

(09-04-07) September 4th, 2007 | Charges Filed Against Asbestos Removal School Charges have been filed against a technical school in the area of Queens, New York, after it was found that the school, which was supposed to be training students to safely remove asbestos, had been running a scam.

(09-05-07) September 5th, 2007 | New York Steamfitter Disciplined A New York City steamfitter has been disciplined by his employers after he spoke out about the asbestos related contamination within the public schools in the city, reporting on potentially hazardous substances in his work place.

(09-06-07) September 6th, 2007 | Park To Be Tested For Asbestos On Regular Basis The Randwick City Council in Australia has decided that one of its parks, the Heffron Park, will be tested for asbestos presence on a regular basis following concerns from local residents.

(09-07-07) September 7th, 2007 | Tenants Evicted Due To Asbestos Presence A number of tenants have been evicted from apartments in the Newport News area after it was found that their vents and walls were clogged with asbestos.

(09-10-07) September 10th, 2007 | Two Asbestos Victims Lose Their Compensation Two asbestos victims, one of whom has now passed away, have lost compensation totalling seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars after a Court of Appeals overturned the awards that had been made to them for asbestos exposure.

(09-11-07) September 11th, 2007 | Asbestos Boss Said No Protection Needed An asbestos worker who was selected to work on the traumatic task of searching for bone fragments at the New York Deutsche Bank building in 2006 has told reporters that she quit her job after her boss �told her off� for wearing a protective mask to protect herself from exposure to asbestos dust and fibers at the site.

(09-12-07) September 12th, 2007 | Council Fined Over Asbestos Presence The Wear Valley District Council in the UK has been fined thousands of pounds after a complaint from a worker led to an investigation into asbestos regulation violations.

(09-13-07) September 13th, 2007 | Indictments Over Asbestos Training The owner of a major asbestos training school, along with an employee, has been indicted over allegations that many undocumented immigrants were given phoney documents and little training before being sent off to work as seemingly trained and qualified asbestos workers.

(09-14-07) September 14th, 2007 | Man's Death Blamed On Asbestos Exposure The death of a man from Gloucestershire in the UK has been blamed on exposure to the deadly substance asbestos � despite the fact that at an inquest the coroner stated that not one asbestos fiber was found in the man's lungs after his death.

(09-17-07) September 17th, 2007 | Victory For Victims Of Secondary Asbestos Exposure Following a ruling by a Washington State Court of Appeals, victims of secondary asbestos exposure have enjoyed victory, as the ruling will make it easier for those exposed to asbestos as the result of the work of family members living in the same home to make a claim for their asbestos related diseases.

(09-18-07) September 18th, 2007 | City Hall Asbestos Removal Could Be Incomplete According to a recent report asbestos removal at a city hall may be incomplete even after contractors have spent most of the summer trying to get the work done.

(09-19-07) September 19th, 2007 | Locals Not At Risk From Asbestos Exposure A firm that is in charge of the demolition of a factor in Northern Ireland has assured residents that there is no need to worry about exposure to asbestos.

(09-20-07) September 20th, 2007 | Over Fifty Companies Sued By Couple In Kentucky Over fifty companies are being named in a lawsuit filed in West Virginia by a couple from Kentucky, after the husband contracted lung cancer, which he claims resulted from exposure to asbestos.

(09-21-07) September 21st, 2007 | Unfair Treatment Over Asbestos Cancer According to a new report around fifty percent of people in Australia that suffer from the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, are having to pay out thousands of dollars for treatment, whereas the other fifty percent of sufferers are having the cost of treatment fully subsidized, highlighting an unfair system when it comes to mesothelioma treatment.

(09-24-07) September 24th, 2007 | Widow Files Asbestos Lawsuit The widow of a man that died from lung cancer has filed an asbestos lawsuit, claiming that her husband contracted the cancer and died as a result of exposure to asbestos dust and fibers.

(09-25-07) September 25th, 2007 | Asbestos Consultancy Reiterates The Importance Of Asbestos Training One of the leading asbestos consulting firms in the UK, Thames Laboratories, has reiterated the importance of asbestos training to employers in the UK, and this has also been reflected in the changes made to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.

(09-26-07) September 26th, 2007 | Asbestos Victims Seek Restitution A judge in Miami decided to delay a plea deal this week in an asbestos case. The defendant was set to plead guilty to two counts of mail fraud in regards to previous asbestos litigations, but the judge decided to delay the plea until victims had a chance to voice their opinions.

(09-27-07) September 27th, 2007 | Developer Guilty of Asbestos Violations A Kansas City developer has pleaded guilty to two separate cases involving asbestos at a project his company was overseeing. The two pleas will reduce his fines to about $100,000 and will result in parole instead of sentencing.

(09-28-07) September 28th, 2007 | Asbestos Results Shock School Officials School officials trying to renovate a high school auditorium were shocked when asbestos was found in the building. The entire school had undergone asbestos abatement nearly 20 years before. More asbestos surprises were to be seen.

(09-29-07) September 29th, 2007 | Asbestos Found in Vacant Lot Tons of deadly asbestos was discovered illegally dumped in a vacant lot in Connecticut. The asbestos is part of construction debris that was stuffed into a trailer and left at the site.

(09-30-07) September 30th, 2007 | Parents Upset Over Asbestos Risk Parents of students attending an elementary school in Texas are mad that renovations on the school were conduct while classes were in session. The renovations could have disturbed deadly asbestos within the buildings.

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